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Galapagos Island Volcano Erupts After 33 Years, Threatening Fragile Ecosystem

Posted by samzenpus on from the when-the-volcano-blows dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Wolf volcano in the Galapagos islands has erupted for the first time in more than 30 years, sending lava flowing down its slopes and potentially threatening the world's only colony of pink iguanas. The Galapagos National Park says that currently there is no risk to tourism operations, but the Environment Ministry is notifying tourist operators to take precautions. A tourist boat passing by took an amazing picture of the eruption.

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  1. A link to a broken facebook page.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Doesn't this place have editors?

  2. Tourism by Livius · · Score: 3, Funny

    Good to know that the exceedingly wealthy will not be suffering from slight inconvenience. And to think I was worried about the possible loss of irreplaceable ecological assets...

  3. White Man's Fault by pubwvj · · Score: 5, Funny

    Clearly this is a manmade disaster caused by White American Republican Males. They should stop volcanoing!

  4. Re:Earth-made Global Warming Baloney by amiga3D · · Score: 3, Funny

    Didn't you hear? The Fracking in the US caused the Volcano to erupt.