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Deep magma matters in volcanic eruption cycle
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 09, 2008 |
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Although the Soufriere Hills volcano on Montserrat exhibits cycles of eruption and quiet, an international team of researchers found that magma is continuously supplied from deep in the crust but that a valve ...
CAT scan reveals inner workings of volcano island
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 19, 2008 |
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On the ground and in the water, an international team of researchers has been collecting imaging data on the Soufriere Hills Volcano in Montserrat to understand the internal structure of the volcano and how ...
Birds in Flint Hills of Kansas, Oklahoma face population decline despite large habitat
Mar 03, 2009 |
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The wide-open spaces of the Flint Hills may no longer provide a secure home on the range for several familiar grassland birds, according to research by a Kansas State University ecologist and her colleagues.
Physicists aim to predict volcano eruption
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 29, 2007 |
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University of St Andrews scientists have been awarded a three year grant to create an on-site life-saving device to help predict volcano eruption.
Mice living in sandy hills quickly evolved lighter coloration
Aug 27, 2009 |
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In a vivid illustration of natural selection at work, scientists at Harvard University have found that deer mice living in Nebraska's Sand Hills quickly evolved lighter coloration after glaciers deposited ...
Off the shelf maps help mitigate volcanic hazards
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When volcanoes erupt, pinpointing the regions at high risk for lethal hazards and deciding whether or not to evacuate a resistant population comprise the most difficult problems faced by hazards ...
Frogs flown from Montserrat to flee deadly fungus
May 09, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Scientists are airlifting dozens of one of the world's largest frogs off of Montserrat island to save them from a deadly fungus devastating their dwindling habitat. The dense forest of this tiny British ...
New bird species found in Idaho
Biology /
Mar 19, 2007 |
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One does not expect to discover a bird species new to science while wandering around the continental United States. Nor does one expect that such a species would provide much insight into how coevolutionary ...
Geologists Discover Magma and Carbon Dioxide Combine to Make 'Soda-Pop' Eruption
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 10, 2008 |
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This discovery overturns a longtime belief by geologists, who thought that carbon dioxide was incapable of dissolving in magma, said Calvin Barnes, professor of geosciences and lead investigator.
Volcanoes inner workings disclosed when the Earth moved
Aug 09, 2005 |
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While volcanologists can see the dome of the Soufriere Hills Volcano on the island of Montserrat grow and collapse, it takes instrumentation to delve beneath the surface. Now, Penn State geologists, using tiltmeter measurements, ...
Cassini Provides Virtual Flyover of Saturn's Moon Titan
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- "Fly me to the moon"-to Saturn's moon Titan, that is. New Titan movies and images are providing a bird's-eye view of the moon's Earth-like landscapes.
Possible Meteorites in the Martian Hills
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 11, 2006 |
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From its winter outpost at "Low Ridge" inside Gusev Crater, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit took this spectacular, color mosaic of hilly, sandy terrain and two potential iron meteorites. The two light-colored, ...
CALIPSO monitors pulse of Soufriere Hills volcano
Dec 17, 2004 |
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A unique monitoring system in place on the island of Montserrat can record the everyday changes beneath the Soufriere Hills volcano and throughout the island, according to an international team of volcanologists.
Archaeologists unearth Nero's revolving banquet hall
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Oct 07, 2009 |
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Archaeologists have unveiled the remains of a revolving banquet room built by the Roman emperor Nero, who ruled between 54 and 68 BC and was famed for his depraved and extravagant lifestyle, a statement said ...
The hills and valleys of Earth's largest salt 'flat'
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 28, 2007 |
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Using a new twist on standard Global Positioning System (GPS) technology, a team of scientists has found that Earth’s largest salt flat is rougher than expected, according to a new report led by Adrian Borsa of Scripps Institution ...
