The Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull made worldwide headlines in 2010 when it erupted ash that was blown towards Europe, so that air traffic was grounded across the continent. More recently, the volcano's bigger sister ...
Environment
Oct 12, 2018
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The chemical composition of gases emitted from volcanoes—which are used to monitor changes in volcanic activity—can change depending on the size of gas bubbles rising to the surface, and relate to the way in which they ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 6, 2018
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Kilauea volcano on Hawaii's Big Island has had it all over the past three weeks: molten rock shooting toward the sky, lava oozing from the ground and ash clouds rising miles into the air.
Environment
May 27, 2018
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If you turned on the television this week, you may have seen coverage of the potentially imminent eruption of Mount Agung volcano in Bali.
Earth Sciences
Sep 29, 2017
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The next major volcanic eruption could kick-start chemical reactions that would seriously damage the planet's already besieged ozone layer.
Earth Sciences
Aug 16, 2017
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Geoengineering is a catch-all term that refers to various theoretical ideas for altering Earth's energy balance to combat climate change. New research from an international team of atmospheric scientists published by Geophysical ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 24, 2017
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Huge pulses of volcanic activity are likely to have played a key role in triggering the end Triassic mass extinction, which set the scene for the rise and age of the dinosaurs, new Oxford University research has found.
Earth Sciences
Jun 19, 2017
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Analyses of environmental gases which previously required months of laboratory work can now be carried out rapidly in the field. A group of Eawag scientists have developed a portable mass spectrometer allowing on-site measurements ...
Environment
May 9, 2017
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Volcanoes erupt, they spew ash, their scarred flanks sometimes run with both lava and landslides. But only occasionally. A less dramatic but important process is continuous gas emissions from volcanoes; in other words, as ...
Environment
Mar 9, 2017
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New UBC research shows that climate change may impede the cooling effect of volcanic eruptions.
Earth Sciences
Nov 16, 2016
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