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Earthquake of magnitude 6.2 jolts Indonesia's Irian Jaya
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 on the Richter scale jolted Indonesia's Irian Jaya late at night on Saturday, the National Centre for Seismology reported.
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Research reveals climate change will increase impact of volcanic eruptions
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Since Pompeii was destroyed in 79 AD, volcanic disasters have been investigated, giving the public the impression that scientists now know why, where, when, and how long volcanoes will erupt. These fundamental issues, according to volcanologist and head of PSU's Digital City Testbed Centre J
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Iron-rich rocks reveal fresh information about Earth's planetary history:
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Banded iron formations, sedimentary rocks that may have caused some of the biggest volcanic eruptions in Earth's history, contain visually spectacular layers of burned orange, yellow, silver, brown, and blue-tinged black, according to a new Rice University study.
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Newly formed craters located on Mars hold clues about atmosphere and inter
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 30 (ANI): An international team of researchers with NASA's InSight mission located four new craters created by impacts on the arssurface of M. Using data from a seismometer and visuals acquired from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, the team successfully calculated
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Computers can detect chemical blasts, volcanic eruptions by artificial exp
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Alaska [US], July 23 (ANI): A new study has found that computers can be trained to better detect distant nuclear detonations, chemical blasts and volcano eruptions by learning from artificial explosion signals.
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Environmental destruction from volcanic eruptions can cause mass extinctio
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Tohuku Region [Japan], July 23 (ANI): Research conducted at Tohuku University have found evidence pointing to a relationship between the magnitude of mass extinctions and global temperature changes in geologic times.
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Ancient ice reveals scores of gigantic volcanic eruptions: Study
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Copenhagen [Denmark], March 17 (ANI): New research led by the University of Copenhagen, Antarctica and Greenland has revealed gigantic volcanic eruptions during the last ice age. Sixty-nine of these were larger than any eruption in modern history.
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New Zealand warns of disruption in Tonga's communications system following
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Wellington [New Zealand], January 19 (ANI): New Zealand's Foreign Ministry has affirmed that Tonga's communication systems remain severely limited after damage to a key undersea cable cut international and inter-island calls following the volcanic eruption.
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Volcanic eruptions might have created oxygen in atmosphere
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US] August 28 (ANI): During a recent analysis of 2.5-billion-year-old Australian rocks, researchers have found that volcanic eruptions might have stimulated population surges of marine microorganisms, creating the first puffs of oxygen into the atmosphere.
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Study reveals volcanic eruptions may have created first 'whiffs' of oxygen
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 27 (ANI): A new analysis of 2.5-billion-year-old rocks from Australia has found that volcanic eruptions may have stimulated population surges of marine microorganisms, creating the first puffs of oxygen into the atmosphere.
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Indian monsoon can be predicted better after volcanic eruptions: India-Ger
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], September 19 (ANI): Large volcanic eruptions can help to forecast the monsoon over India - the seasonal rainfall that is key for the country's agriculture and thus for feeding one billion people. As erratic as they are, volcanic eruptions improve the predictabilit
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Study may explain Source of Nitrogen in Earth's atmosphere
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
California [USA], April 21 (ANI): New research by scientists may help solve the question of whether our atmosphere was formed by gases naturally emitted by the Earth's interior -- through events like volcanic eruptions or due to comets colliding into the Earth soon after it formed.
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