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Newly formed craters located on Mars hold clues about atmosphere and inter
Updated : 3 months, 4 weeks 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 : 6 months, 1 week 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 : 6 months, 1 week 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 : 10 months, 2 weeks 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 : 1 year 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 : 1 year, 5 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 : 1 year, 5 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 : 2 years, 4 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 : 2 years, 9 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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6.1 magnitude earthquake jolts Philippines; 8 killed
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Bodega [Philippines], Apr 23 (ANI): At least eight people were killed and several others suffered injuries on Monday after an earthquake of magnitude 6.1 on the Richter scale rocked Bodega town on the Philippine island.
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Volcanic eruptions, declining oxygen levels killing marine life
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], June 12 (ANI): The very recent volcanic eruptions in Guatemala and Hawaii have left the world in a state of shock with their ensuing devastation.
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Attention: Active volcanoes to avoid in near future
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 10 (ANI): The recent volcanic eruptions in Hawaii and Guatemala have acted as potent reminders that our planet is capable of unleashing it's pent-up wrath at any given time.
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