Articles Tagged “volcanic”
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Volcanic eruption in Iceland unlikely to have global effects, says CU-Boulder scientist
The eruption of an Icelandic volcano that sent a huge plume of ash into the atmosphere and caused sweeping disruptions of air traffic over Great Britain and Scandinavia today will likely dissipate in the next…
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Early Life On Earth: Could Salt Crusts Be Key Ingredient In Cooking Up Prebiotic Molecules?
German scientists investigating the complex chemical mixture thought to be present in the early Earth’s oceans have found that amino acids can be ‘cooked’ into many other important chemical building blocks of life when embedded…
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Ancient Supervolcano’s Eruption Caused Decade Of Severe Winters
Previous studies have suggested that Indonesia’s Toba supervolcano, when it erupted about 74,000 years ago, triggered a 1,000-year episode of ice sheet advance, and also may have produced a short-lived “volcanic winter,” which drastically reduced…
