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Science Snap (#26): Angel Falls, Venezuela
Sorcha McMahon is a third year PhD student in the School of Earth Sciences at the University of Bristol. Sorcha is investigating how strange igneous rocks called carbonatites may have formed, using...
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Science Snap (#28): Brandberg Massif, Namibia
The 120 million year old Brandberg Massif, Namibia. Image credit: NASA Brandberg Massif is Namibia’s highest mountain, but if you look from above, you’ll notice it’s no ordinary one. Brandberg is a...
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Science Snap (#28): The Eye of the Sahara
The Eye of the Sahara. Image credit: NASA Surrounded by thousands of square miles of ubiquitous desert, the “Eye of the Sahara” peers out from the Earth’s surface and at nearly 50 km wide, its easily...
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Science Snap (#29): African Fairy Circles
Mysterious Fairy Circles dotting the Namibian grasslands. Credit: Neurgens If you’re wandering among the arid desert that stretches from Angola to South Africa, you may notice the ground pot-marked...
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Science snap (#30): Aust Cliff, Gloucestershire
One of the most fascinating things about geology is its ability to reveal global events from evidence contained within a single outcrop. The cliff exposure at Aust in Gloucestershire, UK, is a...
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Science snap (#31): Mammatus clouds
After all the thunderous weather this weekend and being British, I thought I’d do a weather themed science snap. Don’t bolt yet; it’s a volcanic-weather themed! Volcanic mammatus clouds forming after...
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Phreatic eruptions – the silent assasins
Mt Ontake, Japan, in a more placid mood. Photo credit: Tetusya Kanakubo The recent eruption of Mt Ontake, Japan tragically killed at least 50 hikers who were on the volcano at the time. Within hours of...
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Science snap (#32): Coral currents
KT Cooper is a PhD student in the School of Earth Sciences at the University of Bristol. A carbonate geochemist by training, here she dives into the world of corals. Coral is misunderstood. It may look...
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Science Snap (#33): Earth Science Week
James Hickey is a PhD student in the School of Earth Sciences at the University of Bristol. A geophysicist and volcanologist by trade, his PhD project is focussed on attempting to place constraints on...
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Lakes and lahars at Mt Ruapehu
Mt Ruapehu is the largest mountain on the North Island of New Zealand. As well as being a popular ski resort, Ruapehu is an active andesitic stratovolcano. Formed approximately 200,000 years ago,...
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