Ambae volcano's crater lakes make it a serious threat to Vanuatu
If you turned on the television this week, you may have seen coverage of the potentially imminent eruption of Mount Agung volcano in Bali.
If you turned on the television this week, you may have seen coverage of the potentially imminent eruption of Mount Agung volcano in Bali.
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A rumbling, belching volcano that's threatening to blow had forced more than 7,000 people to flee their homes by Wednesday on an island in the Pacific nation of Vanuatu.
Earth Sciences
Sep 27, 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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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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Earth's bedrock was severely beaten by hothouse climate conditions during one of the planet's mass extinctions some 200 million years ago. But the process also allowed life to bounce back.
Earth Sciences
May 8, 2017
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Jupiter may be the largest planet in the solar system with a diameter 11 times that of Earth, but it pales in comparison to its own magnetosphere. The planet's magnetic domain extends sunward at least 3 million miles (5 million ...
Space Exploration
Jan 30, 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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A Scripps Institution of Oceanography at University of California San Diego-led research team analyzing satellite cloud records has found that the cloudy storm tracks on Earth are moving toward the poles and subtropical dry ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 11, 2016
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It is possible to significantly slow down and even temporarily stop the progression of global warming by increasing the atmospheric aerosol concentration, shows a new study from the University of Eastern Finland. However, ...
Earth Sciences
May 19, 2016
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Throughout the centuries, volcanic eruptions have claimed hundreds of thousands of lives due in part to the lack of accurate signs indicating imminent eruptions. One type of a volcanic eruption, a phreatic eruption, which ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 25, 2016
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