Mayotte is no exception to the adage “small islands, big problems”. A newly born volcano combined with poor land management and accelerating climate change has put its fabled lagoon at risk.
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Future events could damage the critical portion of the undersea network which links to Australia.
Sonar scans of the Indian Ocean floor south of Christmas Island have revealed a Tolkeinesque landscape of towering peaks, ashen uplands and ominous volcanic craters.
Volcanic eruptions on the seafloor are mysterious, but new research provides fresh clues.
Our expedition drilled into the recently discovered underwater continent of Zealandia, revealing a new picture of the violent geological forces that created it.
When you study volcanoes at mid-ocean ridges, doing fieldwork means becoming an aquanaut – diving thousands of feet to the ocean floor in the submersible Alvin, trading tight quarters for amazing views.
In January 2011, aboard a scientific drilling ship in the Pacific Ocean, I witnessed an enigmatic green flash before sunrise. This optical phenomenon has been recorded to occur if the conditions are just…
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Lecturer in Volcanology, University of Hull
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Honorary Professor of Hazards and Disaster Risk Sciences, University of Sydney
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Senior Curator of Marine Invertebrates, Museums Victoria Research Institute
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Professor of tectonics and geophysics, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Distinguished Professor of Geology, University of Florida
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Professor of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Rice University
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