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National parks and protected areas will remain closed until April 30, due to the national emergency for the coronavirus COVID-19. The Ministry of Environment and Energy (Minae) said on Wednesday that the measure is taken with the aim of mitigating the spread of the coronavirus. "The...

The Observatorio Vulcanologico y Sismologico de Costa Rica (OVSICORI) reported the Volcan Poas had a major eruption this Monday morning, at 5:40 am local time. The colossus spewed out a column of gas some 2,000 meters above the crater (4,708 meters - 15.4442 feet -...

Traces of volcanic foam, with an appearance similar to soap foam, were located in the lookout point, the parking lot and the bathrooms of the Poás Volcano National Park last Friday. The material had never been observed in the colossus or anywhere else in the...

The Observatorio Vulcanológico y Sismológico (Ovsicori) - Vulcanological and Seismological Observatory - reported an eruption of 2,000 meters (6,500 feet) above the crater of the Poás volcano and at 4,708 meters (15,400 feet) above sea level. The event was presented this Sunday at 8:59 pm,...

The Poás volcano this week continues with the release of gases, steam and ash particles. Eliécer Duarte, expert of the Volcanological and Seismological Observatory of Costa Rica (Ovsicori) said that, although the (gas) plume is white, it does not rule out ash. On Monday, the...

The wind direction, ash fall, and emanation of gases continue in the Poás Volcano and for that reason, authorities announced that they will keep access to the national park closed to visitors until further notice. The Comisión Nacional de Emergencias (CNE) at the beginning of...

The Poás volcano presented episodes of eruptions and incandescence in the early hours of this Monday morning. Experts of the Observatorio Vulcanológico y Sismológico de Costa Rica (Ovsicori) informed through Facebook that this effect was recorded from 1:51 am. The colossus keeps emanating ash and...

A crater lake in the Poás Volcano in Costa Rica may hold the secrets to potential past life on a planet that is 34 million miles (54.6 million kilometers) away and only recently within the reach of unmanned rovers. A team of researchers visited this...

The Poás Volcano re-opened its doors to the public again last Friday. In the first three days - Friday, Saturday and Sunday - more than 1,500 people visited the colossus, with the illusion of observing the bright colors of the crater, after 16 months...

Some 410,000 people visited the Poas Volcano, the closest to the Greater Metropolitan Area (GAM). An eruption in April 2017 closed the park to visitors. One year later, the Poas volcano park is still closed, despite the relative calm of the Colossus. In the year...

Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder have discovered microbes living in a toxic volcanic lake that may rank as one of the harshest environments on Earth. Their findings, published recently online, could guide scientists looking for signs of ancient life on Mars. The team,...

Though the Poas Volcano is closed to regular tourists, the national park was open to Homer and Marge Simpson. "Homer read the recommendations sent him and decided to invite Marge to know the incredible Poás Volcano in Costa Rica," explained the Tweet. Homero leyó las recomendaciones...

Communities affected by the eruptions of the Poas volcano, which since April has cut tourism in their area, are looking for ways to attract visitors to reenergize their economies. Hotels, restaurants, and tourism & leisure promoters have been hit hard by the closure of the...

  Q COSTA RICA - A plume of ash and gas rose more than 1,000 meters above the crater in the early hours of Tuesday morning in the latest eruption of the Poas Volcano.   According to the report by the Red Sismológica Nacional (RSN) - National...

Q PHOTOS - Awesome photos of the Poas Volcano eruption sent to the Q by Ken Beedle, taken from his home in Playa Blanca, Puntarenas, on the Nicoya Peninsula on Monday morning (May 22). "Needles to say, I was startled by what I saw and...

Q COSTA RICA - The indefinite closure of the Poas Volcano National Park has impeded the inauguration of the recent improvements made to the park, valued at ¢763 million colones (US$1.362 million dollars). The national park was closed and a 'green' alert issued for five...

Q COSTA RICA - by Chris Clarke - Many readers have strolled through the ghostly ruins of Pompeii. The chariot-rutted streets; the broken pillars and the lewd frescos in the brothel, with improbably well-endowed participants, conjure up decadent lives snuffed out. Most poignant of all...

Q COSTA RICA - As of 9:00am this morning (Saturday, April 22) the Poas volcano has accumulated 35 hours of uninterrupted eruptive activity, that began at 11:00pm Thursday. Since the start of its eruptive activity at the beginning of the month, the last few days...

Q COSTA RICA - Last Friday, April 14, at 7:56am, the Poas Volcano left behind a period of relative calm, with small emanations of ash, mud and small stones, and went to a more explosive activity, which experts believe will include eruptions of up...

Q COSTA RICA - Some of the ash released by the Poas Volcano in the past week included 'juvenile magma". This was confirmed by independent volcanologists Gino Gonzalez and Raul Mora, after analyzing samples of the material in the National Nanotechnology Laboratory (Lanotec), of...

Due to intense volcanic activity this past week, the Poas Volcano national park remains closed. Police have closed off all access to the volcano and national park, traffic detoured at the Vara Blanca/Cinchona crossing.

If you, like many, have visited the Poas volcano crater in the last several decades, the image in your brain and constantly seen in photos, is no longer, after two 'violent' eruptions Sunday that completely destroyed the 'volcanic dome'. The "domo" in Spanish, a wall...

Q COSTA RICA - Volcanologists Javier Pacheco of the Volcanological and Seismological Observatory of Costa Rica (Ovsicori) and Raúl Mora of the University of Costa Rica (UCR), both monitoring the eruptions of the Poas volcano these days, coincided in comparing the activity with another...

After taking off from the San Jose airport, professional photographer Scott Rovak was able to capture the spectacular eruption of the Poas Volcano this Friday morning. As we left San Jose Costa Rica this morning, we had a great view of the La Poas Volcano...

The Poás Volcano made two new eruptions this morning (Friday) at 7:39am and 7:57am, according to the Red Sismológica Nacional (RSN) - National Seismological Network. The plume of smoke was seen from many places around the Central Valley and even from San Jose, the capital...

Thursday afternoon the Poás Volcano recorded two new eruptions, described as "very violent" expulsions by Javier Pacheco for the Observatorio Vulcanológico y Sismológico de Costa Rica (Ovsicori) - the Volcanological and Seismological Observatory of Costa Rica. The Ovsicori reported two eruptions starting at 3:46pm, each...

Q COSTA RICA - For the last couple of years our attention has been focused on the Turrialba, the volcano that has spread its ash and gases across the Central Valley and even forced the closure of the San Jose international airport on several...

Q COSTA RICA - Pressure from what experts call a "lava bag" - presumed on the rise - brought about sudden changed in the behavior of the Poas Volcano in recent weeks. The escalation began on April 1, when several tourists recorded a phreatic eruption...

Q COSTA RICA  - Starbucks announced plans to open a visitor center on its farm in Costa Rica sometime next year. The immersive coffee farm and café are meant to complement Starbucks' Siren Retail premium brand by providing customers the opportunity to lean about...

(QCOSTARICA) Miriam Lilliana Carranza Soto is the 13th victim of the Cinchona bus crash on Thursday. The 58 year-old woman died in hospital this early morning (Saturday). Hospital Mexico spokesperson Susana Saravia, confirmed the woman lost her battle at 3:20am. Carranza was one of the 31...

(QCOSTARICA) The Poas volcano, northwest of San Jose, on Tuesday (August 16, 2016), at 2:09pm local time, erupte with a column of gas that rose to a height of 100 metres above the crater (2,808  metres - 9210.24 ft - above sea level). The activity...