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WHOI scientists find ancient asphalt domes off California coast
About 35,000 years ago, a series of apparent undersea volcanoes deposited massive flows of petroleum 10 miles offshore. The deposits hardened into domes that…
On 'Earth week,' world is no longer our oyster
As we prepare to celebrate Earth Day on April 22, we can add another species, one of widespread ecological and economic importance, to the list of the…
Bone-eating worms 30 million years old
An international team of scientists led by the paleontologist Steffen Kiel at the University of Kiel, Germany, found the first fossil boreholes of the worm…
NASA's Terra satellite keeps eye on Eyjafjallajökull's ash plume
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument on NASA's Terra satellite captured visible image of the ash plume (consisting of fine…
Iceland’s Volcano Spews Unusual, Continental Rock
One aspect of Iceland’s volcanoes of particular interest to geoscientists is that within the magmas being extruded there are small amounts of lightweight,…
NASA Observes Ash Plume of Icelandic Volcano
NASA's Aqua and Terra satellites fly around the world every day capturing images of weather, ice and land changes. Over the last three days these satellites…