Sentences with phrase «volcanic explosions»

You have a fairly regular pattern of volcanic explosions over time but it varies for short periods and it did this early last century.

It's the first time that the various stages of a mass extinction have been accurately understood and that scientists have been able to assess the major role played by volcanic explosions in these climate processes.

Cross the salt lake to Galaxy Cave, an underwater cave system formed by volcanic explosions over the waters of Lake Miuchi.

Improved models successfully predicted the temporary cooling due to a huge volcanic explosion in 1991 and passed many other tests.

«This study shows how we can expand the use of seismic data by looking at the acoustic waves from volcanic explosions that are recorded on seismometers,» explained Fee.

Huge regions with epic volcanic explosions are now blamed for four of Earth's «big 5» mass extinctions

On Earth, volcanic explosions like the one that tore the lid off Mount St. Helens happen because our planet's interior is rich in volatiles — water, carbon dioxide and other compounds with relatively low boiling points.

Research at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) emphasizes a broad study of global change, which is an interdisciplinary initiative addressing natural and man - made changes in our environment that occur on various time scales — from one - time forcings such as volcanic explosions, to seasonal and annual effects such as El Niño, and on up to the millennia of ice ages — and that affect the habitability of our planet.

Your average fundamental sell - side analyst has spent the year kneeling in the grass, gazing at ants through a magnifying glass while hurricanes, earthquakes and volcanic explosions raged all around him.

THE low - frequency rumble of a violent volcanic explosion sounds just like the roar of a jet engine, a similarity which might tells us what's going on within the fiery mountains.

No other volcanic explosion in history has come close to wreaking disaster of that magnitude.

That pop caused a contained volcanic explosion, injecting molten rock into a 35 - mile - long elongated bubble just a few miles underground and forcing a crack in the surface above.

The surface of Mercury crackled with volcanic explosions for extended periods of the planet's history, according to a new analysis led by researchers at Brown University.

«Ancient volcanic explosions shed light on Mercury's origins.»

Formed from a 1450 B.C fiery volcanic explosion, Santorini is almost a year round attraction.

In 1912 there was a massive volcanic explosion from Novarupta area of Mount Katmai that is considered to be the largest eruption of the 20th Century.

The increase in volume of the combined gas and magma (liquid) compared with that of magma alone is the physical process that drives volcanic explosions and fragmentation of the magma to form so - called ash.

In Costa Rica: Arenal Volcano emits small volcanic explosions every few minutes, with larger eruptions occurring occasionally.

Particularly convincing was a prediction that Hansen's team made shortly after a huge volcanic explosion polluted the stratosphere in 1991.

[Response: I HAVE taken into account the el Chicon and Mt. Pinatubo volcanic explosions, as well as the El Nino / Southern Oscillation, and the warming is still there and just as strong.

The WolfBear artwork features over 100 individual Adobe Stock images, including a baby bear, a wolf, an astronaut, a tornado, and a particularly epic volcanic explosion.

Led by Dr. James E. Hansen from 1981 to 2013, research at GISS emphasized a broad study of global change, which is an interdisciplinary initiative addressing natural and man - made changes in our environment that occur on various time scales — from one - time forcings such as volcanic explosions, to seasonal / annual effects such as El Niño, and on up to the millennia of ice ages — and that affect the habitability of our planet.

This is similar to what happens naturally after a huge volcanic explosion that spews particles high into the air.

Tracking lightning in volcanic explosions could pave the way to ash - detection and warning systems for air travel

As recently as 60 years ago, some geologists believed that the Barringer Meteor Crater in Arizona — now considered the prototypical impact scar — was caused by a volcanic explosion, and they regarded impacts as a minor if not inconsequential influence on Earth's history.

After emerging through a volcanic explosion, the diamonds were found in 2008 at the edge of the Amazon rainforest.

Volcanic explosions can produce these low - frequency acoustic waves, as well as events such as meteors entering Earth's atmosphere, and even chemical or nuclear explosions.

Seismologists working in the state say yes — after using a refined set of methods that allows them to detect and locate the airwaves generated by a volcanic explosion on distant seismic networks.

He argues that the 1986 eruption was caused by a volcanic explosion which spewed CO2 into the lake.

Composed of the remnants of volcanic explosions, eroded mountains, dead organisms, and even degraded man - made structures, sand can reveal the history — both biological and geologic — of a local environment.

«Volcanic explosions can sometimes be difficult to detect seismically, but the GCA can provide unambiguous evidence that a volcano is erupting,» said Fee.

Those glimpses of the surface revealed deposits of pyroclastic ash — the telltale signs of volcanic explosions — peppering the planet's surface.

A volcanic explosion threatens characters.

There are some signs of life in an Arctic storm, and things pick up for a fiery stake - burning and volcanic explosions.

But in one tumultuous scene all of his anxieties erupt in a volcanic explosion of anger unlike anything in the other two films.

Whether they chase a storm, investigate the causes of a volcanic explosion, or learn about the science beh...

When I moved back home I regressed back to an angsty teenage state, constantly teetering on the cusp of a volcanic explosion of expletives.

The volcanic explosion.

Clearly there needs to be more work on the quality control department, but as there hasn't been a volcanic explosion of community rage, it's safe to say that for now, paid custom games are here to stay.

«Volcanic Explosions and Climatic Change: A Theoretical Assessment.»

A few years later, Lewis said that Zinke said, «A volcanic explosion in the Philippines has done more to add greenhouse gases than any manmade cause.»

Up to now, most climate models incorporating known forces such as changes in the sun and atmosphere have predicted that volcanic explosions would disrupt the monsoon by bringing less rain to southeast Asia — but the researchers found the opposite.

When you change something in the system — add or subtract CO2 or other gasses, change the output of the Sun, factor in a major aerosol event such as a large volcanic explosion — then the equilibrium point gets moved.

1976 James B. Pollack, et al., «Volcanic Explosions and Climatic Change: A Theoretical Assessment.»