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Tag: Earth science

What are mud volcanoes?

Michael R. Hudec, The University of Texas at Austin Rice farmers living in Sidoarjo Regency, Indonesia, awoke to a...

Sandcastle engineering – a geotechnical engineer explains how water, air and...

Joseph Scalia, Colorado State University If you want to understand why some sandcastles are tall and have intricate structures...

Why can’t we throw all our trash into a volcano and...

Emily Johnson, US Geological Survey Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert...

Explorer Robert Ballard’s memoir finds shipwrecks and strange life forms in...

Suzanne OConnell, Wesleyan University Who doesn’t love a good story, especially one about amazing discoveries in Earth’s farthest reaches?...

Deep sea carbon reservoirs once superheated the Earth – could it...

Lowell D. Stott, University of Southern California As concern grows over human-induced climate change, many scientists are looking back through Earth’s history to events that...

Why the ‘Child of Krakatau’ volcano is still dangerous – a...

Thomas Giachetti, University of Oregon On Dec. 22 at 9:03 p.m. local time, a 64-hectare (158-acre) chunk of Anak Krakatau volcano, in Indonesia, slid into...

Nitrogen from rock could fuel more plant growth around the world...

Benjamin Z. Houlton, University of California, Davis Nitrogen is one of the most important resources for people, ecosystems and the planet. It’s found in all...

Global toll from landslides is heaviest in developing countries

A. Joshua West, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences This month’s tragic mudslides in Montecito, California are a reminder...

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