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Napoleon’s defeat at Waterloo brought about partially by Indonesian volcanic eruption
Electrically charged volcanic ash short-circuited Earth’s environment in 1815, inflicting international poor climate and Napoleon’s defeat, says new analysis. Geology News — ScienceDaily
An in depth-up take a look at an unusual underwater eruption
A brand new article describes the primary up-close investigation of the biggest underwater volcanic eruption of the previous century. Geology News — ScienceDaily
Eruption clues: Researchers create snapshot of volcano plumbing
Researchers have studied the journey of magma, or molten rock, in one of Europe’s largest and most active volcanoes, Mount Etna. They applied several techniques to create a more accurate picture of the volcano’s plumbing system and how quickly the … Continue reading
Cool idea: Magma held in ‘cold storage’ before giant volcano eruption
Long Valley, California, has long defined the ‘super-eruption.’ About 765,000 years ago, a pool of molten rock exploded into the sky. Within one nightmarish week, 760 cubic kilometers of lava and ash spewed out in the kind of volcanic cataclysm … Continue reading
Scientists determine source of world’s largest mud eruption
More than 11 years after the Lusi mud volcano first erupted on the Indonesian island of Java, researchers may have figured out why the mudflows haven’t stopped: deep underground, Lusi is connected to a nearby volcanic system. Geology News — … Continue reading
Large volcanic eruption may have caused the first mass extinction
These are Ordovician-Silurian marine fossils Researchers in the USA and Japan say they may have found the cause of the first mass extinction of life. There have been five mass extinctions since the divergent evolution of early animals 600 -450 … Continue reading
Climate response to the Samalas volcanic eruption in 1257 revealed by proxy data
Nature Geoscience 10, 123 (2017). doi:10.1038/ngeo2875 Authors: Rébastien Guillet, Christophe Corona, Markus Stoffel, Myriam Khodri, Franck Lavigne, Pablo Ortega, Nicolas Eckert, Pascal Dkengne Sielenou, Valérie Daux, Olga&#one hundred sixty;S. Churakova&#one hundred sixty;(Sidorova), Nicole Davi, Jean-Louis Edouard, Yong Zhang, Brian&#one hundred … Continue reading
Volcanology: Chronicling a medieval eruption
Nature Geoscience 10, seventy eight (2017). doi:10.1038/ngeo2881 Author: Francis Ludlow The climatic response to the eruption of the Samalas Volcano in 1257 has been elusive. Medieval archives inform of a spatially variable response, with Europe and Japan experiencing extreme chilly … Continue reading
Fossilized tree and ice cores assist date large volcanic eruption
An worldwide workforce of researchers has managed to pinpoint, to inside three months, a medieval volcanic eruption in east Asia the exact date of which has puzzled historians for many years. They have additionally proven that the so-referred to as … Continue reading
Fiery eruption of Mexico’s Colima volcano sends ash 2 km into air
Mexico’s ‘fire’ volcano has blasted its top again. Dramatic video showed Colima spewing incandescent material early Wednesday morning. The explosion was accompanied by a large plume of ash and smoke that rose some 2,000 metres above the crater, with winds … Continue reading