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Tag: volcanoes

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
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
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…
December 19, 2013January 8, 2014 Sarah Fuller
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…
October 25, 2013October 25, 2013 Sarah Fuller

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