News tagged with volcanic degassing
Volcanoes played pivotal role in ancient ice age, mass extinction
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers here have discovered the pivotal role that volcanoes played in a deadly ice age 450 million years ago.
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Chocolate and diamonds: Why volcanoes could be a girl's best friend
Scientists from the University of Southampton have discovered a previously unrecognised volcanic process, similar to one that is used in chocolate manufacturing, which gives important new insights into the ...
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May 16, 2012 |
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Earth's largest environmental catastrophe 250 million years ago studied
The eruption of giant masses of magma in Siberia 250 million years ago led to the Permo-Triassic mass extinction when more than 90 % of all species became extinct. An international team including geodynamic ...
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Sep 14, 2011 |
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Satellite looks down the eye of erupting Nabro Volcano
Wow! What an amazing and detailed top-down view of an active volcano! This is the Nabro Volcano, which has been erupting since June 12, 2011. It sits in an isolated region on the border between Eritrea and ...
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Jun 28, 2011 |
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Parts of moon interior contains as much water as Earth's upper mantle
Parts of the moon's interior contains as much water as the upper mantle of the Earth - 100 times more of the precious liquid than measured before research from Case Western Reserve University, Carnegie ...
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May 26, 2011 |
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What goes down, must come up: Geoscientists offer new model for degassing of Earth's mantle
A new analysis of the processes that constantly stir the Earth's deep mantle is helping to explain how the mantle holds onto a portion of ancient noble gases that were trapped during the Earth's formation.
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May 27, 2009 |
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Alchemy in Tanzania? Gas Becomes Solid at Surface of Oldoinyo Lengai Volcano
(PhysOrg.com) -- Science has unearthed the secret to what might have been alchemy at Oldoinyo Lengai volcano in Tanzania.
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May 06, 2009 |
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Researchers reassess theories on formation of Earth's atmosphere
Geochemists at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are challenging commonly held ideas about how gases are expelled from the Earth. Their theory, which is described in the Sept. 20 issue of the journal Nature, could ...
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Sep 19, 2007 |
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Does Titan's methane originate from underground?
Data from ESA's Huygens probe have been used to validate a new model of the evolution of Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, showing that its methane supply may be locked away in a kind of methane-rich ice.
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