Showing posts with label volcanism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label volcanism. Show all posts

Monday, November 21, 2011

Exploring water in the deep Earth

Exploring water in the deep Earth

Research published today in Nature Geoscience provides new insight into the water cycle of the deep Earth, volcanic activity in the Pacific and the potential catastrophic effects when these two combine.

Sunday, November 20, 2011

Massive volcanoes, meteorite impacts delivered one-two death punch to dinosaurs: study

Massive volcanoes, meteorite impacts delivered one-two death punch to dinosaurs: study

A cosmic one-two punch of colossal volcanic eruptions and meteorite strikes likely caused the mass-extinction event at the end of the Cretaceous period that is famous for killing the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, according to two Princeton University reports that reject the prevailing theory that the extinction was caused by a single large meteorite.