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Mount Etna, a stratovolcano, sits in front of an ashy night sky. Lava erupts from and flows down the volcano, and ash and gas billow up from a vent behind the peak and make the sky glow orange. A few star trails appear in the upper right corner.
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Etna Under Pressure: Does Gas Buildup Foreshadow Eruption?

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 15 September 202129 March 2023

Pressure from both magma and gas can trigger eruptions. Monitoring degassing can help predict eruptions but only if the magma system is well understood first.

A photo of Renato Funiciello in the Dolomites Mountains of the Alps in 2005.
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Renato Funiciello, an Inspiration to Modern Geology in Italy

by M. Meghraoui 24 June 20219 November 2022

A special collection in Tectonics on geodynamics in the Mediterranean region celebrates the life and work of the renowned Italian geologist Renato Funiciello.

Two plots showing the spatial distribution of radon activities at ground level (left) and in free air (right) around the Mount Etna Central Crater
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Radon Enrichment in the Volcanic Plume of Mount Etna

by Corentin Caudron 5 October 202017 November 2022

More than 70 passive sensors on Mount Etna have captured the first radon measurements in volcanic plumes and show that radon could affect people around volcanoes.

Map showing the location of study in northern Italy and inset image showing bathymetry of Lake Tovel
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Climate Warming Improves Oxygen Mixing in a High-Altitude Lake

by D. Scott Mackay 10 September 202020 April 2022

Long term weather and lake data from a high elevation lake in the Alps demonstrate that climate warming may actually improve the ability of high-altitude deep lakes to mix their waters.

Cattle stand in stalls in a stable
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Some Farm Animals Might Have a Sense About Impending Earthquakes

Joshua Learn, Science Writer by Joshua Rapp Learn 24 August 202016 December 2021

Stabled animals seem to grow fidgety in the hours before an earthquake, whereas their free-range counterparts show no discernible difference in behavior.

Satellite image of the Sun in X-rays and ultraviolet light
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Ghostly Particles from the Sun Confirm Nuclear Fusion

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 14 July 202012 October 2022

Using the Borexino particle detector—located deep underground in Italy—researchers spot elusive neutrinos from the Sun’s CNO cycle.

Black-and-white photo of a rubble-filled city street and a queue of people filing out
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Finding Faults in Our Past: Uncovering the Messina Earthquake

Sarah Derouin, Science Writer by Sarah Derouin 19 December 20198 December 2022

The source of the deadly 1908 Italian earthquake may finally be identified, thanks to a fresh look at the geomorphology of the Strait of Messina.

Lake Nyos, Cameroon, surrounded by lush green vegetation
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Lethal Volcanic Gases at an Italian Country Club

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 21 November 20194 February 2022

High levels of carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide emitted by volcanic outgassing caused a deadly accident near Rome, Italy, in 2011, geoscientists have shown.

The magma system underneath Lipari is connected to a fault system formed by tectonic activity rather than to volcanoes.
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Seismic Sensors Probe Lipari’s Underground Plumbing

by F. Di Luccio, P. Persaud, L. Cucci, A. Esposito, G. Ventura and R. W. Clayton 15 July 201911 May 2022

An international team of scientists installed a novel, dense network of 48 seismic sensors on the island of Lipari to investigate the active magma system underground.

A kneeling scientist extracts a sample from a glacier.
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Plastic Fragments Found for the First Time on a Glacier

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 18 April 201913 January 2022

The discovery, made in the Italian Alps, confirms the ubiquity of plastic pollution worldwide.

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