A new study has revealed how the rise of dinosaurs over 230 million years ago coincided with environmental changes brought on by massive volcanic eruptions. Known as the Carnian Rainfall of the Late Triassic (CEP), this interval of enormous climate change has seen temperatures and humidity rise across the globe. Prior to CPE, the climate […]
Volcanoes are found all over the world, forming primarily at the edges of tectonic plates but can also arise in “hot spots” like the one that created the Hawaiian Islands. In total, there are potentially a few 1,500 active volcanoes on Earth according to the US Geological Survey. From these, 51 are now in continuous […]
The Ouachita Mountains are a mountain range in the south-central United States that stretches approximately 360 kilometers east to west from central Arkansas to southeast Oklahoma. The mountain range takes its name from two Choctaw words meaning “land of the great buffaloes.” The Ouachitas are a continuation of the Ozark Mountains, the two mountain ranges […]
Andrei Norris is a fighter. At 45, he was diagnosed with aggressive and locally advanced prostate cancer and spent three years fighting it hard. The father of two underwent major surgery, was placed on hormone therapy and underwent radiation therapy. Things looked positive, but the cancer returned nine months later. More radiation this year has […]
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Construction on the pyramid, which was 43 feet high and about 130 feet wide, began within 5 to 30 years of the eruption of Tierra Blanca Joven. Akira Ichikawa / Antiquity Publications Ltd. Around the fifth or sixth century CE, the volcanic eruption of Tierra Blanca Joven (TBJ) caused massive devastation in El Salvador. Researchers […]
Why did you feel the Victorian earthquake at home /images/transform/v1/crop/frm/e8uBJxuTc2fGAziDArmhm5/1a8d2242-a94c-4561-87d8-11ad660c410d.png/r4_0_1916_1080_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg The 5.9 earthquake was felt from afar. news, national, 2021-09-22T18: 00: 00 + 10: 00 https://players.brightcove.net/3879528182001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6273663672001 https://players.brightcove.net/3879528182001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6273663672001 You probably didn’t even realize, when you got up this morning, how you don’t know nothing about earthquakes. An earthquake in Victoria, felt as far away as Tasmania […]
Nature conceals within it a multitude of events and magnificent formations that never cease to amaze us. One of them are volcanoes, a geological structure through which magma emerges and is divided into lava and gas from inside the Earth. Volcanoes can have many shapes and release different materials. There are also many submarine volcanoes […]
Ben Cousins is back in the AFL fold, assisting at the Brownlow medal count in Perth. The 43-year-old former West Coast star, who arrived at Optus Stadium with Kellye Fergus, is in his first Brownlow role since retiring as a player in 2010. As a former winner, the 2005 Brownlow medalist is invited to the […]
New research has yielded results that could potentially lead to the development of volcanic eruption warning systems. Previously, lava from “hotspot” volcanoes was thought to be virgin lava, coming from tens of kilometers deep in the mantle. This is not the case, explains Dr Teresa Ubide, a volcanologist at the University of Queensland. “It’s not […]
The volcanoes we see on the Earth’s surface are just the tip of the iceberg. Below the surface, they are fed by a complex network of conduits and reservoirs that bring molten rock, called magma, back to the surface. When the magma erupts, it can generate lava flows that cool down to become volcanic rocks. […]