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The Mysterious Inner Workings of Io, Jupiter’s Volcanic Moon

Crucially, unlike Io’s odd magnetic field, which seemed to indicate that it concealed an ocean’s worth of fluid, Europa’s own…

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One of Earth’s ancient volcanic mysteries solved

Geologists led by the University of Maryland and the University of Hawai’i finally connected the dots between one of the…

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Melting glaciers at the end of the Ice Age may have sped up continental drift, fueled volcanic eruptions

Around 10,000 years ago as the last Ice Age drew to a close, the drifting of the continent of North…

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A brand new volcanic vent opened up in Yellowstone National Park

A new column of steam rises from Yellowstone. While the expansive volcano shows no hints of an eruption, magma brews…

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Research provides new detail on the impact of volcanic activity on early marine life

Analysis of fossilised rocks known as stromatolites from more than two-and-a-half billion years ago has provided new insights into the…

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Satellite data identifies warning signs ahead of 2018 volcanic eruption, tsunami

In 2018, the side of the Anak Krakatau volcano collapsed in a powerful eruption and produced a tsunami that killed…

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Volcanic eruption caused Neolithic people to sacrifice unique ‘sun stones’

4,900 years ago, a Neolithic people on the Danish island Bornholm sacrificed hundreds of stones engraved with sun and field…

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Magma composition may drive volcanic tremor

A new study based on the sampling and analysis of volcanic ash at Cumbre Vieja volcano in the Canary Islands,…

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2024: The Year in Volcanic Activity

Out of an estimated 1,350 active volcanoes worldwide, about 45 have continuing eruptions, and about 80 erupt each year, spewing…

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