Simulating volcano eruptions, one blast at a time
(Phys.org) -- A voice carried across the treeless plateau: "Fire in the hole! The range is now active."
Aug 01, 2012
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Global warming is due to humans: US ex-skeptic (Update)
A prominent US skeptic of the human causes of climate change, Richard Muller, has reversed course and said on Monday that he now believes greenhouse gases are responsible for global warming.
Jul 30, 2012
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Modern humans greater threat to Neanderthals: study
Modern humans were likely a greater threat to the Neanderthals than major natural events like extreme cold weather or volcanoes, according to British-led research released on Monday.
Jul 23, 2012
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New species of ancient rodents hint at what could be world's oldest grasslands
A paleontological team that includes scientists from the American Museum of Natural History; University of California, Santa Barbara; and Case Western Reserve University has described two ancient species of ...
Jul 23, 2012
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Traveling through the volcanic conduit
How much ash will be injected into the atmosphere during Earth's next volcanic eruption? Recent eruptions have demonstrated our continued vulnerability to ash dispersal, which can disrupt the aviation industry ...
Jul 23, 2012
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Croscat Volcano may have been the last volcanic eruption in Spain 13,000 years ago
The volcanic region of La Garrotxa, with some forty volcanic cones and some twenty lava flows, is considered to be the best conserved region in the Iberian Peninsula. It is also the youngest volcanic area. Although the approximate ...
Jul 23, 2012
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Could volcanic eruptions in the south-west Pacific save the Great Barrier Reef?
(Phys.org) -- Could the pumice that surges into the ocean once a volcano erupts in Tonga or elsewhere in the south-west Pacific save the Great Barrier Reef?
Jul 19, 2012
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Peru geologists strive to preserve whale cemetery
In arid southern Peru, geologists are fighting time and the elements to preserve a precious find: a vast whale cemetery dating back millions of years.
Jul 12, 2012
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Turning glass into clay
The magic mineral and microbial processes that transform volcanic glass into clay have been identified, adding important knowledge to how clay is formed.
Jul 06, 2012
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Satellite research reveals smaller volcanoes could cool climate
A University of Saskatchewan-led international research team has discovered that aerosols from relatively small volcanic eruptions can be boosted into the high atmosphere by weather systems such as monsoons, ...
Jul 05, 2012
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Ash fall preserved 'nursery' of earliest animals
(Phys.org) -- A volcanic eruption around 579 million years ago buried a 'nursery' of the earliest-known animals under a Pompeii-like deluge of ash, preserving them as fossils in rocks in Newfoundland, new ...
Jun 29, 2012
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Palaeontologists catch turtles in flagrante
German palaeontologists have dug up the remains of nine turtle pairs that died while mating some 47 million years ago, sinking into poisonous waters while locked in a final embrace, a report said Wednesday.
Jun 19, 2012
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Bones in Bulgaria may be of John the Baptist: study
Scientists have found new evidence they say supports the theory that a knuckle bone and other human remains found under a church floor in Bulgaria may be of John the Baptist.
Jun 15, 2012
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Getting to the bottom of the Fijian Ocean
(Phys.org) -- Scientists will soon have a greater understanding of the dramatically spreading, rifting and faulting boundary of the Australian and Pacific tectonic plates, thanks to research from The Australian ...
Jun 13, 2012
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Volcanic gases could deplete ozone layer: research
Giant volcanic eruptions in Nicaragua over the past 70,000 years could have injected enough gases into the atmosphere to temporarily thin the ozone layer, according to new research. And, if it happened today, ...
Jun 12, 2012
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