Tiny zircon crystals clue to volcanic super-eruptions
Australia could have been home to some of Earth's largest ever volcanic eruptions more than 100 million years ago.
Earth Sciences
Oct 18, 2016
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Volcanic eruptions affect flow of world's major rivers, study finds
Major volcanic eruptions can have a significant effect on the flow of the biggest rivers around the world, research shows.
Earth Sciences
Oct 5, 2015
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NASA image: Night-shining clouds
In the late spring and summer, unusual clouds form high in the atmosphere above the polar regions of the world. As the lower atmosphere warms, the upper atmosphere gets coooler, and ice crystals form on meteor dust and other ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 22, 2015
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Mars hills hide icy past
A complex network of isolated hills, ridges and small basins spanning 1400 km on Mars is thought to hide large quantities of water-ice.
Space Exploration
Feb 19, 2015
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Australian volcanic mystery explained
Scientists have solved a long-standing mystery surrounding Australia's only active volcanic area, in the country's southeast.
Earth Sciences
Oct 17, 2014
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Lava floods the ancient plains of Mars
Two distinct volcanic eruptions have flooded this area of Daedalia Planum with lava, flowing around an elevated fragment of ancient terrain.
Space Exploration
Mar 7, 2014
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New 3-D radar reconstructions show buried flood channels on Mars
(Phys.org) —New maps of the subsurface of Mars show for the first time buried channels below the surface of the red planet. Mars is considered to have been cold and dry over the past 2.5 billion years, but these channels ...
Space Exploration
Mar 7, 2013
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Croscat Volcano may have been the last volcanic eruption in Spain 13,000 years ago
The volcanic region of La Garrotxa, with some forty volcanic cones and some twenty lava flows, is considered to be the best conserved region in the Iberian Peninsula. It is also the youngest volcanic area. Although the approximate ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 23, 2012
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Study reveals trade patterns for crucial substance played key role in Maya collapse
Shifts in exchange patterns provide a new perspective on the fall of inland Maya centers in Mesoamerica approximately 1,000 years ago. This major historical process, sometimes referred to as the "Maya collapse" has puzzled ...
Archaeology
May 23, 2012
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Rocky mounds and a plateau on Mars
(PhysOrg.com) -- When Mars Express set sail for the crater named after Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan, it found a windblown plateau and mysterious rocky mounds nearby.
Space Exploration
Jun 28, 2010
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