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Geotimes
July 2005
Megan Sever |
Carbon Leaching Out of Siberian Peat New research is showing that as temperatures rise across the Arctic, carbon once locked up in permafrost soils may begin escaping into the area's waterways.   |
Geotimes
March 2004
Nakada & Eichelberger |
Looking Into a Volcano: Drilling Unzen Geologists have long wanted to peer inside a volcano. Although we have good evidence from extinct and eroded volcanoes of their inner structure, we know little about the conditions in and near active volcanic conduits. |
Geotimes
July 2004
Megan Sever |
Volcanic Avalanches New research suggests that shallow groundwater systems on volcanoes could explain deep edifice collapses. |
Geotimes
November 2006
Megan Sever |
Forest Fires Release Mercury The most familiar source of mercury in the atmosphere is coal plants. But a hidden mercury threat is lurking as Earth warms: peatlands in the boreal forest regions of the Northern Hemisphere. |
Geotimes
November 2006
Kathryn Hansen |
Crystals Heat up Volcanic Eruptions Key pressure and temperature information preserved inside tiny bubbles in lava is causing scientists to rethink previous assumptions about how magma behaves, and what might trigger eruptions. |
Geotimes
November 2005
Kathryn Hansen |
Earthly Origin for Desert Formation The Richat Structure in the Maur Adrar Desert is frequently photographed from space. The formation resembles an impact crater, but researchers now say that the famous feature may be the result of magma fluids dissolving sedimentary rocks about 100 million years ago. |
Geotimes
May 2006
Megan Sever |
Yellowstone's Moving Magma New research is suggesting that magma located below the Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park periodically rises close to the surface, heating the geothermal field, before diving back down. |
Geotimes
November 2007
Kathryn Watts |
Yellowstone and Heise: Supervolcanoes That Lighten Up Beneath Yellowstone, and driving many of its beloved features such as the geyser Old Faithful, lies a churning chamber of magma that has erupted before and may erupt again. |
Chemistry World
May 24, 2012
Jon Evans |
Can magma crystals predict eruptions? Mineral crystals blasted out from volcanoes can provide a window into the powerful processes going on inside those volcanoes, say UK and German earth scientists. |
Geotimes
October 2006
Megan Sever |
Pinpointing Louisiana's Natural Sinking Although scientists have yet to agree on a rate, new research is shedding light on exactly what could be causing Louisiana's sinking. For residents of the hurricane-prone state, such information cannot come soon enough. |
Smithsonian
May 2005
Kevin Krajick |
Fire In The Hole Raging in mines from Pennsylvania to China, coal fires threaten towns, poison air and water, and add to global warming. |
Chemistry World
May 27, 2011
Simon Hadlington |
Getting to grips with volcanic ash As the disruption to air travel caused by the eruption of the Grimsvotn volcano in Iceland subsides, researchers are taking a close look at volcanic ash to try to understand how hazardous it is to both aircraft engines and human health. |
