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“Now Is the Time” for Green Recovery, Scientists Say

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 15 June 202028 September 2021

Otherwise, fossil fuel emissions will return to normal.

Images capturing five moments in the sequence after a fluidized granular flow enters water
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The Ability of Pyroclastic Flows to Generate Tsunamis

by M. Pistolesi 11 June 20205 June 2023

Lab experiments of fluidized granular flows entering the water shed light on the dynamics of tsunami generation by fast-moving, pyroclastic density currents at volcanic islands or coastal volcanoes.

Illustration of Stone Age villagers shielding their eyes from a nearby airburst
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Armagedón a 10,000 A.C.

Javier Barbuzano, Science Writer by Javier Barbuzano 4 June 20202 February 2022

Fragmentos de un cometa probablemente golpearon la Tierra hace 12,800 años, y una pequeña aldea del Paleolítico en Siria podría haber sufrido el impacto.

Steamboat Geyser in Yellowstone National Park
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Are Geysers a Signal of Magma Intrusion Under Yellowstone?

Erik Klemetti, Science Writer by Erik Klemetti 29 May 202027 October 2021

Steamboat Geyser, the world’s tallest, is in the midst of one of its largest periods of activity. Is it linked to new magma intruding under the Yellowstone caldera?

Candidatus Macondimonas diazotrophica visible both inside and around the edges of oil droplets
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Deepwater Horizon: La Plataforma Petrolera y el Surgimiento de las Técnicas Ómicas

by J. Kostka, S. B. Joye and Rita R. Colwell 29 May 202018 May 2022

Las técnicas de genómica microbiana llegaron a su madurez después del derrame de Deepwater Horizon, ofreciendo a los investigadores una visión incomparable de cómo los ecosistemas responden a tales desastres ambientales.

Map of Axial Seamount’s summit caldera
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Volcano Monitoring Goes Offshore

by Yosuke Aoki 26 May 20202 August 2022

Offshore observations by cabled ocean-bottom pressure recorders have revealed details of the 2015 eruption of Axial Seamount submarine volcano in the Pacific Ocean.

Photo of the Gulf of Mexico at sunset off Corpus Christi, Texas
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Seismic Noise Reveals Landslides in the Gulf of Mexico

Megan Sever, Science Writer by Megan Sever 26 May 202019 October 2021

Scientists found dozens of submarine landslides in the Gulf of Mexico, possibly triggered by remote earthquakes.

A scientist surveys a smoking Mount St. Helens in a wintry landscape.
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An Iconic Eruption Shaped Careers, as well as Landscapes

Jane Palmer, Science Writer by Jane Palmer 26 May 202012 April 2022

The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens influenced scientists who witnessed the event and spurred a new era in physical volcanology.

In September 2009, a tsunami triggered by a magnitude 8.1 earthquake in the Tonga Trench inundated towns in American Samoa.
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Sensor Network Warns of Stealth Tsunamis

by B. Fry, S.-J. McCurrach, K. Gledhill, W. Power, M. Williams, M. Angove, D. Arcas and C. Moore 26 May 20206 June 2022

A next-generation network of seismic and wave sensors in the southwestern Pacific will warn coastal residents of an approaching tsunami before they see the wave.

Satellite image of Hurricanes Katia, Irma, and Jose
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NOAA Predicts Busy Hurricane Season

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 21 May 202020 May 2022

FEMA issued new guidance yesterday advising states to prepare for evacuations during the pandemic.

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