News tagged with volcanic
Arctic rocks offer new glimpse of primitive Earth
Scientists have discovered a new window into the Earth's violent past. Geochemical evidence from volcanic rocks collected on Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic suggests that beneath it lies a region of the Earth's mantle ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 11, 2010 |
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Life after Catastrophe
Scientists studying deep-sea hydrothermal vents have found that larvae travel hundreds of miles to re-colonize these harsh locations after a volcanic eruption. The new study could challenge existing beliefs ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 02, 2010 |
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Eruptive characteristics of Oregon's Mount Hood analyzed
A new study has found that a mixing of two different types of magma is the key to the historic eruptions of Mount Hood, Oregon's tallest mountain, and that eruptions often happen in a relatively short time ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 02, 2010 |
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Egypt scours bed of Lake Qarun in search of antiquities
Egyptian experts have begun to explore the depths of Lake Qarun south of Cairo using remote sensing radars in search of sunken artefacts, antiquities officials told AFP on Wednesday.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jul 21, 2010 |
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Researchers discover water on the moon is widespread, similar to Earth's
Researchers at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, are once again turning what scientists thought they knew about the moon on its head.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 21, 2010 |
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Bursting a bubble? Accepted theory explaining frequent eruptions at Italy's volcano called into question
Understanding the processes that cause volcanic eruptions can help scientists predict how often and how violently a volcano will erupt. Although scientists have a general idea of how these processes work — ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 21, 2010 |
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New revelations about Mercury's volcanism, magnetic substorms, exosphere from MESSENGER (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Analysis of data from MESSENGER's third and final flyby of Mercury in September 2009 has revealed evidence of younger volcanism on the innermost planet than previously recognized, new information ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 15, 2010 |
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Scientists' work improves odds of finding diamonds
While prospectors and geologists have been successful in finding diamonds through diligent searching, one University of Houston professor and his team's work could help improve the odds by focusing future searches in particular ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 14, 2010 |
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Image: Volcanic uplift
(PhysOrg.com) -- This Envisat Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar interferogram over the Kenyan section of the Great Rift Valley shows small surface displacements that are not visible to the naked eye of the ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 02, 2010 |
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Meteorologist's weather technology aids soldiers, civilians
(PhysOrg.com) -- From battlefields to civilian settings, David Stauffer’s combination of weather and technology saves lives. Stauffer, a senior research associate and associate professor of meteorology at ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 29, 2010 |
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Image: Carbon dioxide on the rise
(PhysOrg.com) -- The SCIAMACHY sensor on ESA?s Envisat satellite has provided scientists with invaluable data on our planet, allowing them to map global air pollution and the distribution of greenhouse gases.
Jun 28, 2010 |
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Rocky mounds and a plateau on Mars
(PhysOrg.com) -- When Mars Express set sail for the crater named after Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan, it found a windblown plateau and mysterious rocky mounds nearby.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 28, 2010 |
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New Clues Suggest Wet Era on Early Mars Was Global (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Minerals in northern Mars craters seen by two orbiters suggest that a phase in Mars' early history with conditions favorable to life occurred globally, not just in the south.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 24, 2010 |
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Scientists use volcanic emissions to study Earth's atmospheric past
On March 20, Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano woke from its nearly 200-year slumber to change the way the world viewed volcanoes forever. Bringing almost all transatlantic air travel to a ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 16, 2010 |
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New insights into volcanic activity on the ocean floor
New research reveals that when two parts of the Earth's crust break apart, this does not always cause massive volcanic eruptions. The study, published today in the journal Nature, explains why some parts ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 16, 2010 |
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