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Meropi Kyriacou Honored as TNH Educator of the Year
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
ATHENS – Researchers from the Hellenic Survey of Geology and Mineral Exploration (HSGME) and the Institute for the Study and Monitoring of the Santorini Volcano (ISMOSAV) teamed up with colleagues from Florence University and the National Research Council of Italy in order to establish a geothermal station to monitor the Santorini volcano and conduct other research in late October.
The new geothermal monitoring station will constantly record and relay temperature readings from three points on the surface and the fumaroles (plumes of gases emitted by the volcano) at the peak of Nea Kameni. The three points are situated along the length of a 30-metre opening to the east of the base fumarole and are monitored to detect possible changes in the thermal state of the volcano.
The scientists also collected and analysed samples of hot liquids emitted at the fumaroles to determine their physical and chemical properties at four points. Samples are meant to be taken at intervals of at least once a year but this was not possible in 2020 due to the pandemic restrictions.
The samples are analysed at laboratories in Italy and the values compared with those of previous years to determine whether they remain in the range indicating that the volcano remains dormant.
Other measurements taken include the amount of carbon dioxide emitted from the surface in areas where two volcanos – Nea Kameni and Kolombo – have active volcanic-tectonic lines. These measurements are also taken yearly to monitor the activity status of the volcanos.
In addition, the thermal state of the entire area at the peak of Nea Kameni was recorded using an infrared camera. All measurements indicated that the volcano remains dormant.
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
BERLIN (AP) — At least five people were killed Wednesday when a bus headed from Berlin to Switzerland came off a highway in eastern Germany and ended up on its side, authorities said.
ΒΟSTON - The newly-elected Metropolitan Iakovos of Mexico, who was enthroned on Saturday, March 16th at the Cathedral of Aghia Sophia in Mexico City, gave his first interview as Metropolitan to The National Herald, which he described as a "historic newspaper," one he has known since childhood, as have his close relatives.
BALTIMORE - Authorities have released the identities of the two people recovered from the water Wednesday morning at the site of the Baltimore bridge collapse.
ATHENS — Police in Greece clashed late Wednesday with Communist-backed demonstrators who tried to prevent a concert by U.
ATHENS – Greece recorded a huge improvement in the business environment rankings of The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) among 82 countries worldwide.