Blowing bubbles is fun and also involves a lot of science.
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Bubbles in fizzy drinks are full of science you probably didn’t know about - and which can even be found in volcanoes!
Material from the Earth’s core has been leaking into the mantle through activity that led to volcanic eruptions such as that helped form the Hawaiian islands.
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New findings suggest the core has been leaking for the past 2.5 billion years, and that could help scientists understand how the core was formed.
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The vast majority of climate scientists agree that rising CO₂ is driving climate change, yet barely 50% of the public agrees. Did scientists get the story wrong? No, as the fossil record makes clear.
Sound waves let researchers visualize what’s happening below the surface.
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Geophysicists use sound waves to build a picture of the magma and rock beneath this active volcano, most of which is underwater. It’s like CT scanning the Earth.
Rocks contain a layer-by-layer record of the history of our planet.
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As strange as it sounds, rocks are made from stardust.
Airlines will not fly when there is volcanic ash in the air above Bali’s Mt Agung.
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Volcanic ash is made of tiny crystal and rock fragments that during an eruption can reach as high as the cruising altitude of commercial aircraft, and that’s a concern for airlines.
The town of Schalkenmehren and its adjoining maar lake, Germany.
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A maar is a volcanic crater, often filled with water. New research highlights the similarities between oral stories around the world that shed light on the formation of these craters.
The 2018 eruption of Kilauea volcano was preceded by damage of the magma plumbing system at the summit.
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Scientists say they’ve found a new method to help predict when volcanoes will erupt, based on data crunched from an eruption last year in Hawaii.
Scientists conduct research in Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park to practice for Mars landings.
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To prepare for future Mars missions, scientists collect samples and simulate communications conditions from volcano parks on Earth.
An artist’s impression of an asteroid about to hit Earth: it’s what happens next that could have helped wipe out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago.
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More evidence that the asteroid hit on Earth that marked the end of the dinosaurs could have triggered a deadly increase in volcanic activity.
Lord Howe Island is part of a volcanic seamount formed around 7 million years ago.
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Lord Howe Island is part of an underwater volcanic chain much older than first thought, with the possibility of new islands still to form.
An eruption of Anak Krakatau caused an underwater landslide and tsunami that struck Java and Sumatra.
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Research into volcanic activity in the waters off Indonesia shows how active this region is and how destructive landslide-caused tsunamis can be.
It’s core to life on Earth.
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The Earth’s core is cooling down, and one day it will be completely solid – when that happens, Earth might look a lot like Mars.
The active Erta Ale volcano in the northern Afar region of Ethiopia.
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To be better prepared for future eruptions there’s a need to understand and monitor poorly known volcanoes, even in remote places.
Katla last erupted in 1918 – but there is no evidence to suggest that it will erupt again soon.
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We can’t say that Katla in Iceland is ‘due’ to erupt, no matter what you have read.
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Gravity, not magma, is forcing Etna to move, increasing the chances of collapse.
Lake Taupo, in the North Island of New Zealand, is a globally significant caldera of a supervolcano that formed following a massive eruption more than 20,000 years ago.
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New research shows that carbon dioxide in groundwater can affect the aging of volcanic eruptions. The findings could help predict future eruptions.
Luckily, monitoring systems at Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano allowed some warning before fissures opened up in 2018.
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Melbourne lies at the eastern end of a volcanic province, but when’s it going to blow? Understanding the geology of Melbourne and comparing it to Hawaii is really helpful in calculating risk.
Mount Rinjani.
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A tectonic earthquake doesn’t always trigger eruptions of nearby volcanoes. If an eruption happens, the volcano must already have been in a critical condition.
Earth experiences constant volcanic activity - here’s Indonesia’s Mount Anak Krakatau (Child of Krakatoa) photographed in July 2018.
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Compared to Earth, more “oomph” is required to bring magma to the surface of Mars, and this is probably why we haven’t seen any recent eruptions on the red planet.