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Magma erupting at the Holuhraun lava field in August 2014

‘Crystal clocks’ used to time magma storage before volcanic eruptions

18 Jul 2019

̽»¨Ö±²¥molten rock that feeds volcanoes can be stored in the Earth’s crust for as long as a thousand years, a result which may help with volcanic hazard...

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‘Bulges’ in volcanoes could be used to predict eruptions

28 Jun 2017

A team of researchers from the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge have developed a new way of measuring the pressure inside volcanoes, and found that it can be...

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Chasing the volcano

01 Jul 2016

In 2014, Cambridge researchers monitored a series of seismic shocks which preceded Iceland’s biggest volcanic eruption in 200 years. ̽»¨Ö±²¥dramatic...

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 ̽»¨Ö±²¥Deccan Traps in western India

Did dinosaur-killing asteroid trigger largest lava flows on Earth?

12 May 2015

̽»¨Ö±²¥asteroid that slammed into the ocean off Mexico 66 million years ago and killed off the dinosaurs probably rang the Earth like a bell, triggering...

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Luck and lava

06 Oct 2014

A team of researchers from Cambridge’s Department of Earth Sciences have recently returned from Iceland where, thanks to a bit of luck, they have...

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