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Category: Volcanoes

Volcanoes and Climate: A Not-So-Explosive Relationship
Volcanoes

Volcanoes and Climate: A Not-So-Explosive Relationship

Reviewing: Dee, Sylvia G., et al. “No consistent ENSO response to volcanic forcing over the last millennium.” Science 367.6485 (2020):…
July 22, 2020August 17, 2020 Shawn Wang
Phytoplankton Bloom Driven by Volcanic Eruption
Biological oceanography Physical oceanography Volcanoes

Phytoplankton Bloom Driven by Volcanic Eruption

A large volcanic eruption in 2018 deposited tons of lava into the Pacific Ocean. Scientists were puzzled that the lava-impacted…
October 17, 2019October 17, 2019 Channing Prend
Behavior Biological oceanography Biology Climate Change Developmental Biology Ecology Genetics geochemistry Geology Microbiology Ocean Acidification Paleoceanography Volcanoes

Sharkcano, a melting pot for biology

No, a Sharkcano is not a volcano that erupts sharks. IT IS WAY COOLER THAN THAT! It is a submarine…
December 28, 2016December 29, 2016 Anne M. Hartwell
Conservation Ecology Human impacts Volcanoes

Stop: Recovery Time!: Using volcanoes to model recovery of deep-sea communities

Deep sea communities are full of weird and wonderful animals that we don't know much about, and human demand for…
January 11, 2016 Erin McLean
Biogeochemistry Geology Natural History Paleoceanography Sea-level Rise Volcanoes

A 2.5 billion year old story about iron in the ocean, told by a rock

New light has been shed on the possibility of an alternative iron sink than previous thought prior to the oxygenation…
May 21, 2015May 21, 2015 Anne M. Hartwell
Atmospheric Chemistry Biogeochemistry Geology Natural History Volcanoes

One billion and one anaerobic nights: on the journey to atmospheric oxidation

Take a breather, and learn how cyanobacteria struggled to bring the world oxygen.
February 20, 2015February 23, 2015 Abrahim El Gamal
Cyclones Geology Hazards Volcanoes

A volcano, a tropical cyclone, and a computer model walked into a room…

Like with bad jokes, timing is everything. The punch line doesn’t make sense if you don’t know the back story,…
October 11, 2014October 13, 2014 Sarah Fuller

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