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Photo of a volcano erupting
Posted inEditors' Vox

Quantification of Subaerial Volcanism and its Products

by Federico Galetto 6 March 20233 March 2023

Researchers estimate the mass of volcanic products that erupted above sea level from 1980 to 2019 by volcanoes worldwide and the average eruptive rates of each magmatic province.

Sediment cores in vertical tubes sitting on a ship deck. Two people crouch next to cores.
Posted inNews

Seafloor Plastic Pollution Is Not Going Anywhere

by Sofia Moutinho 14 February 202314 February 2023

The amount of microplastics at the bottom of the Mediterranean is growing as global production increases and plastic breakdown is halted.

Image overlooking a rocky coastline and water just after sunset with a bright blue line representing a fiber-optic cable curving over the water and rocks
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Internet Cable Reveals the Source of Underwater Vibrations

by Saima May Sidik 30 September 202230 September 2022

A novel use of an existing fiber-optic cable off the coast of Spain has clued scientists in to how seismic noise is generated in the ocean.

A headwater stream flows down the side of a rocky and grassy mountainside under a blue sky.
Posted inOpinions

Protecting the Mountain Water Towers of Spain’s Sierra Nevada

by Bopaiah A. Biddanda, Manuel Villar-Argaiz and Juan Manuel Medina-Sánchez 16 September 202223 September 2022

Students and community members monitor the health of mountain water reserves, which capture and release water, evening out wet and dry periods downstream.

An image of lava reaching the surface at night during the eruption on La Palma, Canary Islands
Posted inNews

Identifying an Eruption “Tipping Point” in Hot Spot Volcanoes

by Kate Wheeling 15 November 20211 August 2022

By analyzing lava samples, researchers show how chemical processes that occur during magma’s ascent to the surface may contribute to a volcano’s eruptible state.

Clear view of Glories Tower in Barcelona
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Coronavirus Lockdown Brings Clean Air to Spanish Cities

by Javier Barbuzano 9 April 202013 March 2023

Measures against the spread of the new coronavirus have an unexpected side effect: record-low air pollution levels.

Hillsides covered in neat rows of olive trees
Posted inNews

Climate Change Will Reduce Spanish Olive Oil Production

by Javier Barbuzano 19 March 202014 September 2022

Increased droughts will reduce southern Spain’s olive oil output by 30% before the end of the century.

A person stands inside the Pulpí geode.
Posted inNews

Giant Geode Grew Slow and Steady

by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 28 October 201911 January 2022

Temperature fluctuations, maybe from climate or maybe from geothermal systems, amplified a natural process that grew the crystals.

Close-up photo of a rock
Posted inNews

For Some Copper Deposits, Microbes Make Minable Minerals

by H. Gavin 10 April 201914 February 2023

Copper ores were long thought to form through purely chemical processes, but a recent study provides the strongest evidence yet that microbial metabolism drives mineral production.

Posted inEditors' Highlights

Basement Structure Mapped by Phase Autocorrelations of Noise

by M. K. Savage 9 July 201813 January 2022

Cross-correlations of ambient seismic noise are combined with well log data to image shallow crustal basement features in the Ebro Basin in Spain.

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