Bringing Magma From Deep Underground Up to Our Feet – Just Add CO2
Mount Erebus, Antarctica’s only active volcano, shows how CO2 allows volcanoes to form persistent lava lakes at the surface. Antarctica has long been a land…
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Phytoplankton Bloom off Hawaii Island Fueled by Kilauea Lava
When Kīlauea Volcano erupted in 2018, it injected millions of cubic feet of molten lava into the nutrient-poor waters off Hawaiʻi Island. The lava-impacted seawater…
Forecasting Tool for Eruption Behavior of Hot, Flowing Lava
Tool lets scientists examine changing behavior of low-viscosity lava. Thomas Jones’ “universal break-up criterion” won’t help with meltdowns of the heart, but it will help…
Corkscrew Lava Coils Seen on Mars in Athabasca Valles
NASA’s HiRISE spacecraft, which is currently orbiting Mars, spotted these interesting patterns, which are actually rare lava flows. This is the first time that lava…
New Island Rises From The Red Sea
There is something new brewing in the Red Sea. Something amazing. It may give future travelers somewhere new to set foot on, and it will…
Lava Fingerprinting Reveals Differences Between Hawaiian Volcanoes
According to University of British Columbia (UBC) research published this week in Nature Geoscience, Hawaii’s main volcano chains, the Loa and Kea, have distinct sources…
