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Four backpackers look down the Yellowstone River where it flows through the Black Canyon.
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Don’t Call It a Supervolcano

Mary Caperton Morton, Science Writer by Mary Caperton Morton 6 August 202122 December 2021

Living in Geologic Time: Scientists dismantle the myths of Yellowstone.

A photograph of a statue on Santorini
Posted inNews

In a Twist, a Greek Volcano Ruled by the Sea

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 2 August 202128 January 2022

Move over Hephaestus, Poseidon’s got this one.

A view of Kīlauea’s summit lava lake
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Volcanic Tremor and Deformation at Kīlauea

Kate Wheeling, freelance science writer by Kate Wheeling 2 August 20216 March 2023

Two new studies investigate activity at Hawaii’s Kīlauea leading up to and following the 2018 eruption to better understand the volcano’s plumbing and behavior.

A single geyser erupts steam into the sky.
Posted inFeatures

Why Study Geysers?

by S. Hurwitz, M. Manga, K. A. Campbell, C. Muñoz-Saez and E. P. S. Eibl 30 July 202125 February 2022

Aside from captivating our senses, geysers have much to tell us about subsurface fluids, climate change effects, and the occurrence and limits of life on Earth and elsewhere in the solar system.

1991年菲律宾皮纳图博火山爆发
Posted inResearch Spotlights

模拟火山碎屑云

Sarah Derouin, Science Writer by Sarah Derouin 22 July 202118 November 2022

巨大的火山云是如何进入平流层的?科学家们模拟了注入平流层低层的火山碎片是如何被抬升进入平流层中层的。

Two researchers taking samples at volcano fissure with lava in background.
Posted inNews

Where Do the Metals Go?

by Danielle Beurteaux 15 July 202110 November 2021

Volcanic eruptions spread harmful metals in the environment. Now the biggest study to date details exactly where they end up.

The 1991 eruption of Pinatubo volcano in the Philippines
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Modeling Volcanic Debris Clouds

Sarah Derouin, Science Writer by Sarah Derouin 2 July 202113 October 2021

How does a large volcanic cloud get into the stratosphere? Scientists model how volcanic debris injected into the lower stratosphere can be lofted high into the middle stratosphere.

Foto de Kristin Jónsdóttir, la sismóloga de la Oficina Meteorológica de Islandia al frente, con Fagradalsfjall haciendo erupción detrás. A medida que lava naranja sale de pequeño cráter, humo anarajandizo sube al aire. El fondo de basalto negro solidificado brilla en rojo.
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Persiguiendo magma por la península de Reykjanes en Islandia

by Alka Tripathy-Lang 30 June 202119 July 2023

La Oficina Meteorológica de Islandia ha estado rastreando la agitación cerca de la erupción de Fagradalsfjall desde diciembre de 2019, mientras que investigadores en otros lugares exploran nuevos métodos para ver los enjambres sísmicos de Islandia.

Grayscale scanning electron microscope image of an unpolished tetrahedral zircon crystal with two laser ablation pits, each between 25 and 30 micrometers in diameter
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Vestiges of a Volcanic Arc Hidden Within Chicxulub Crater

by Alka Tripathy-Lang 15 June 202129 September 2022

Scientists discovered magmatic remnants of a volcanic arc by dating granitic rocks of the middle crust excavated by, and hidden within, the Chicxulub impact crater.

Basalt columns at Giant’s Causeway in Northern Ireland
Posted inScience Updates

Seafloor Seismometers Look for Clues to North Atlantic Volcanism

by Sergei Lebedev, R. Bonadio, M. Tsekhmistrenko, J. I. de Laat and C. J. Bean 8 June 20212 March 2023

Did the mantle plume that fuels Iceland’s volcanoes today cause eruptions in Ireland and Great Britain long ago? A new project investigates, while also inspiring students and recording whale songs.

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