JAKARTA - Mount Sinabung, one of the most active volcanoes in Indonesia, erupted midnight Tuesday, spewing hot ash up to 7,000 meters high and forcing more evacuation, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesman of national disaster agency told Xinhua by phone.
Sea-level rise since the Industrial Revolution has been fast by natural standards and may reach 80 cm above today's sea-level by the year 2100 and 2.5 m by 2200 even without development of unexpected processes, according to a new research made public on Friday.