News articles tagged with 'volcano' (Page 2)
Mount Etna's mystery explained?
— 7 Oct 2010 15:33 | Geology and palaeontologyInternationally renowned geophysicist Dr Wouter Schellart has developed the first dynamic model to explain the mystery of the largest and most fascinating volcano in Europe, Mount Etna…
The hot atmosphere of Venus might cool the interior of Earth's sister planet
— 21 Sep 2010 12:49 | AstronomyThe heat in the atmosphere of Venus, induced from a strong greenhouse warming, might actually have a cooling effect on the planet's interior. This counter-intuitive theory is based…
Technology in the extreme
— 20 Sep 2010 11:44 | TechnologyRadio transmitters that can withstand temperatures of up to 900 C could soon be dropped into the depths of the earth to provide early warning of a volcanic eruption…
Can we spot volcanoes on alien worlds? Astronomers say yes
— 8 Sep 2010 12:21 | AstronomyVolcanoes display the awesome power of Nature like few other events. Earlier this year, ash from an Icelandic volcano disrupted air travel throughout much of northern Europe. Yet this…
U of C scientist offers better ways to engineer Earth's climate to prevent dangerous global warming
— 8 Sep 2010 11:12 | EnvironmentThere may be better ways to engineer the planet's climate to prevent dangerous global warming than mimicking volcanoes, a University of Calgary climate scientist says in two new studies…
Mars's mysterious elongated crater
— 28 Aug 2010 10:04 | AstronomyOrcus Patera is an enigmatic elliptical depression near Mars's equator, in the eastern hemisphere of the planet. Located between the volcanoes of Elysium Mons and Olympus Mons, its…
Making an explosive double date with Russian volcanoes
— 25 Aug 2010 09:52 | Geology and palaeontologyTwo French scientists are travelling to one of the remotest places on Earth, the Kamchatka peninsula, to piece together the complex life story of two volcanoes…
Galactic super-volcano in action
— 19 Aug 2010 16:05 | AstronomyA galactic 'super-volcano' in the massive galaxy M87 is erupting and blasting gas outwards, as witnessed by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and NSF's Very Large Array. The cosmic volcano…
Eruptive characteristics of Oregon's Mount Hood analysed
— 3 Aug 2010 12:54 | Geology and palaeontologyA new study has found that a mixing of two different types of magma is the key to the historic eruptions of Mount Hood, Oregon's tallest mountain, and that eruptions often happen in…
Discovery of subatomic particles could answer deep questions in geology
— 22 Jun 2010 09:35 | Geology and palaeontologyAn international team including scientists from Princeton University has detected subatomic particles deep within the Earth's interior. The discovery could help geologists understand…