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A Song of Ice, Fire, and Climate: Could Warming Seas Release Methane from Beneath the Seafloor?

In 2008, scientists were troubled to find methane bubbling up from marine sediments off the coast of a string of…

Geology

First evidence of deep explosive volcanic activity at the Marsili Seamount

The Marsili Seamount is the largest volcanic complex in the Mediterranean area and Europe. Previously thought to have last erupted…

Climate Change Geology Paleoceanography

Reconstructing climate history from sediments in the Gulf of Taranto, Italy

What was the climate like in Southern Italy 10,000 years ago? This question and many more can be answered by…

Geology

If Popocatépetl volcano blows, prepare for a few nights stuck in the airport.

Plinian eruptions have a high degree of material fragmentation, generating high altitude ash plumes that can travel far from the…

Geology

Riding the Waves of Change: A Revised Beach Cycle for Mixed Sand and Gravel Beaches

A seasonal cycle of sand volume for typical sand beaches has been described for decades. This cycle does not hold…

Geology

From the beach to the abyss: A sand grain’s journey at La Réunion Island

The path a grain of sand takes from land to the deep sea is largely made possible by turbidity currents-…

Biology Chemistry Geology

Passing gas makes islanders feel a burn: CO2 degassing, low pH and the similarities between an underwater Greek volcano and two Cameroon lakes

Roughly 360 years ago, on a September afternoon in the Aegean sea, the sky was blotted out as metals tarnished…

Geology

Catastrophic floods or drought? What caused the water level drop of glacial Lake Agassiz?

Formed from the meltwater of a colossal ice sheet that once blanketed North America, glacial Lake Agassiz experienced a sudden…

Biology Geology

Determining marine bird distribution in Glacier Bay, Alaska using fine spatial-scale hydrographic modeling

Researchers in Glacier Bay surveyed fifteen species of marine birds and linked the observations to instantaneous measurements of current speed…

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