Side-blotched lizards in most of the Mojave Desert have tan and brown markings that blend in well with their desert surroundings. On the Pisgah Lava Flow, however, one finds a very different population of side-blotched lizards, ...
Evolution
Sep 6, 2018
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Scientists are using the latest in 4-D technology to predict the behaviour of lava flows and its implications for volcanic eruptions.
Earth Sciences
Jun 7, 2018
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Using satellite imaging, Penn State researchers for the first time identified a major magma supply into a reservoir extending almost two miles from the crater of a volcano in Nicaragua.
Earth Sciences
Mar 28, 2018
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A new study has shown that monitoring inaudible low frequencies called infrasound produced by a type of active volcano could improve the forecasting of significant, potentially deadly eruptions.
Earth Sciences
Feb 16, 2018
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The SETI Institute and the Mars Institute announced today the discovery of small pits in a large crater near the North Pole of the Moon, which may be entrances to an underground network of lava tubes. The pits were identified ...
Space Exploration
Jan 11, 2018
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A study published in Geophysical Research Letters confirms the existence of a large open lava tube in the Marius Hills region of the moon, which could be used to protect astronauts from hazardous conditions on the surface.
Space Exploration
Oct 18, 2017
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Lava tubes, underground caves created by volcanic activity, could provide protected habitats large enough to house streets on Mars or even towns on the moon, according to research presented at the European Planetary Science ...
Space Exploration
Sep 29, 2017
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Researchers from the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa (UHM) School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) recently discovered that infrared satellite data could be used to predict when lava flow-forming eruptions ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 14, 2017
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One of our planet's few exposed lava lakes is changing, and artificial intelligence is helping NASA understand how.
Earth Sciences
Mar 23, 2017
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Mars' mantle may be more complicated than previously thought. In a new study published today in the Nature-affiliated journal Scientific Reports, researchers at LSU document geochemical changes over time in the lava flows ...
Space Exploration
Feb 24, 2017
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