Planetary scientists found ammonia-rich ice near cracks on Pluto, suggesting the dwarf planet had recent icy volcanoes. Source: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ice-volcanoes-pluto-may-have-spewed-organic-rich-water4…
Tag: Volcanoes
Scientists Thought There Were Two Ways Volcanoes Form. They Just Found Another Hiding Under Bermuda.
For the first time, scientists have evidence that a layer deep beneath Earth’s surface can create volcanoes. Source: https://www.livescience.com/65528-mysterious-way-volcanoes-can-form.html
Bermuda Was Made by Unexpected Geological Layer Deep in Earth’s Mantle
For the first time, scientists have evidence that a layer deep beneath Earth’s surface can create volcanoes. Source: https://www.livescience.com/65528-mysterious-way-volcanoes-can-form.html
Retracted Study: How a Volcano in Japan Halted an Earthquake
Falsified data suggested that an earthquake was terminated by one of the most active volcanoes in Japan. Source: https://www.livescience.com/56571-how-volcano-stops-an-earthquake.html
What caused the Great Dying?
New evidence that volcanic eruptions caused the Great Dying, a mass extinction 252 million years ago that killed off 95% of life on Earth. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/study-volcanoes-caused-mass-extinction-great-dying…
Trilobites: It’s Warm and Stealthy, and It Killed Yellowstone Trees and Turned Soil Pale
A growing warm spot in a remote section of the national park was not unexpected, but it sneaked up on the park’s volcanologists. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/12/science/yellowstone-volcano-warm-spot.html?partner=rss&emc=rss…
Trilobites: Volcanoes! Lightning! And Radioactive Gas, Too
Studying radon’s role in the electrification of plumes above volcanoes could help people anticipate the damage resulting from eruptions, scientists say. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/29/science/volcanoes-lightning-radon-gas.html?partner=rss&emc=rss