News tagged with volcanic eruptions
Expert: Lift taboo on Earth engineering
(PhysOrg.com) -- The effects of climate change are so uncertain and potentially long-lasting that policymakers should begin examining options that include geoengineering, an area that has so far been off-limits, ...
Sep 23, 2009 |
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Scientists Install Seismic Sensors in Galapagos to Generate First 3-D Images of a Hotspot Magma Plumbing System
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of geologists led by Cindy Ebinger of the University of Rochester have deployed 16 seismic sensors on one of the Galapagos Islands to study the processes of ocean island formation -- particularly those ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 09, 2009 |
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Researchers to study rebirth of an island after volcanic eruption
When Alaska's Kasatochi Volcano erupted on Aug. 7, 2008, it virtually sterilized Kasatochi Island, covering the small Aleutian island with a layer of ash and other volcanic material several meters thick. The eruption also ...
Aug 06, 2009 |
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Expanding Spot on Venus Puzzles Astronomers
(PhysOrg.com) -- The expanding spot discovered on Venus last month may not have garnered as much attention as the meteor impact with Jupiter, but its cause is certainly more puzzling. ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 04, 2009 |
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Volcanic activity on Mars could offer clues to planet's history
From literature to the Big Screen, the fascination with the planet Mars has taken many forms. In the geology department at Mercyhurst College, that attraction currently surrounds three of the planet's oldest ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 13, 2009 |
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Study shows Maya intensively cultivated manioc 1,400 years ago
A University of Colorado at Boulder team has uncovered an ancient and previously unknown Maya agricultural system -- a large manioc field intensively cultivated as a staple crop that was buried and exquisitely ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jun 16, 2009 |
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Giant eruption reveals 'dead' star
An enormous eruption has found its way to Earth after travelling for many thousands of years across space. Studying this blast with ESA's XMM-Newton and Integral space observatories, astronomers have discovered a dead star ...
Jun 16, 2009 |
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MIT solves longstanding volcanic mystery
For decades, geologists have been puzzled by the mechanisms that give rise to the kind of volcanoes that form the so-called “ring of fire” around the Pacific Ocean. These arc volcanoes, which account for about 10 to 25 percent ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 08, 2009 |
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Scientists eye glowing volcano crater in Hawaii
(AP) -- The summit of Hawaii's Kilauea volcano is glowing brightly as molten lava swirls 300 feet below its crater's floor, bubbling near the surface after years of spewing from the volcano's side.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 07, 2009 |
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Ancient volcano may have caused mass extinction
A previously unknown giant volcanic eruption that led to global mass extinction 260million years ago has been uncovered by scientists at the University of Leeds.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 28, 2009 |
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Computer scientist to 'unroll' papyrus scrolls buried by Vesuvius
On Aug. 24, 79 A.D., Italy's Mount Vesuvius exploded, burying the Roman towns of Herculaneum and Pompeii under tons of super-heated ash, rock and debris in one of the most famous volcanic eruptions in history.
Technology / Computer Sciences
May 24, 2009 |
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Ash shows past eruptions 'underestimated'
(PhysOrg.com) -- A study into ash fallout from the biggest volcanic eruption in almost 20 years has shown that the impact of past eruptions is likely to have been significantly underestimated as so much of ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 06, 2009 |
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Marine scientists find massive volcanic cone, new deep-sea animal species
Scientists who have just returned from an expedition to an erupting undersea volcano near the Island of Guam report that the volcano appears to be continuously active, has grown considerably in size during ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 05, 2009 |
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Volcanic eruption takes toll on Galapagos wildlife
A volcanic eruption over the weekend has taken a toll on the wildlife of the ecologically-fragile Galapagos Islands, causing the deaths of numerous fish and various sea lions, said officials on Thursday.
Apr 16, 2009 |
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Scientists Pierce Veil of Clouds to 'See' Lightning Inside a Volcanic Plume
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers hit the jackpot in late March, when, for the first time, they began recording data on lightning in a volcanic eruption--right from the start of the eruption.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 08, 2009 |
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