(PhysOrg.com) -- Science has unearthed the secret to what might have been alchemy at Oldoinyo Lengai volcano in Tanzania.
Earth Sciences
May 6, 2009
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The explosion of the underwater volcano Kolumbo in the Aegean Sea in 1650 triggered a destructive tsunami that was described by historical eye witnesses. A group of researchers led by Dr. Jens Karstens from the GEOMAR Helmholtz ...
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Oct 26, 2023
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Santa Barbara Channel's natural oil seeps are a beach-goer's bane, flecking the shores with blobs of tar. But the leaking petroleum also creates fascinating geologic and biologic features. About 10 miles off the coast of ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 13, 2023
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The presence of pink pumice in the giant pumice raft of the 2012 Havre eruption that drifted across the southwest Pacific Ocean has led researchers to recognize the immense power of underwater volcanic eruptions.
Earth Sciences
Feb 8, 2022
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Researchers got a rare opportunity to study an underwater volcano in the Caribbean when it erupted while they were surveying the area.
Earth Sciences
Mar 14, 2018
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The cracking, bulging and shaking from the eruption of a mile-high volcano where two tectonic plates separate has been captured in more detail than ever before. A University of Washington study published this week shows how ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 15, 2016
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The discovery helps explain the spectacular bend in the famous underwater range, the Hawaiian-Emperor seamount chain, where the bottom half kinks at a sixty degree angle to the east of its top half.
Earth Sciences
Apr 28, 2015
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Scientists have used a computer model of ocean circulation to predict the movement of the rafts of floating pumice given off by an erupting underwater volcano.
Earth Sciences
May 19, 2014
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Photosynthesis—the harvesting of sunlight to produce energy—is the ultimate driver of virtually all life on the surface of our planet. Most photosynthetic creatures rely on optical light, the kind we see, to energize ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 7, 2013
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(Phys.org) —Breathing oxygen... can be hazardous to your health? Indeed, our bodies aren't perfect. They make mistakes, among them producing toxic chemicals, called oxidants, in cells. We fight these oxidants naturally, ...
Earth Sciences
May 2, 2013
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