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From Pompeii to Mount Pinatubo, volcanoes might have shaped Earth's surface, but also killed thousands. What makes magma burst from the ground as lava? Can scientists predict dangerous eruptions?
November 6, 2008 |
Scientific American
Microscopic crystals of volcanic ash are revealing surprising clues about the world's most devastating eruptions
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Attila Kilinc, head of the geology department at the University of Cincinnati, offers an answer
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Satellite imagery provides data that helps scientists predict where the next eruption will occur on the world's largest volcano
When Mount Pinatubo erupted in 1991 it left a trail of evidence in the skies that is helping scientists decipher the workings of the global climate
Measurements taken during the years following an eruption are providing new insight into how atmospheric aerosols affect photosynthesis
Some GOPers mock funding of volcano observation programs, but an expert says volcanoes are potentially deadly and should be watched, lest they blow their tops
Eruption followed a series of earthquakes in the region, likely unrelated
Roughly 252 million years ago, life on Earth nearly ceased to exist--at the same time a swelling of magma occurred in what is now Siberia
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