Flights scrapped as new volcanic eruptions hit Canaries
Fresh volcanic eruptions in Spain's Canary Islands prompted the cancellation of flights, airport authorities said Friday, the first since the Cumbre Vieja volcano came to life again......»»
"Planting" rocks in farms, along with emissions reductions, could help meet key IPCC carbon removal goal
Farmers around the world could help the planet reach a key carbon removal goal set by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) by mixing crushed volcanic rocks into their fields, a new study reports. The study also highlights wet, warm tr.....»»
Etna eruption forces closure of Sicily"s Catania airport
The airport at Catania in Sicily, a top Italian tourist destination, has halted all flights after a new eruption at nearby Mount Etna, its operator said Monday......»»
Scientists discover new ecosystem underneath hydrothermal vents
A new ecosystem has been discovered in volcanic cavities beneath hydrothermal vents at a well-studied undersea volcano on the East Pacific Rise off Central America. The landmark 30-day expedition aboard Schmidt Ocean Institute's research vessel Falko.....»»
Apple TV+ series to be screened on Air Canada
Air Canada has announced the addition of Apple TV+ hits including "Ted Lasso" and "Severance" to its inflight entertainment offerings.Source: Air CanadaApple TV+ shows are already available on American Airline flights, and the streamer recently signe.....»»
King of the Ring of Fire
Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha‘apai is a giant volcano under the South Pacific Ocean, 3,000km (1,860mi) east of Australia. The January 15, 2022, eruption of Hunga Tonga propelled a huge dome of water and volcanic ash up through the entire stratosp.....»»
Mars: Was Olympus Mons once a giant volcanic island?
Imagine a volcanic island about the size of France and over 20,000 meters high. Such a landscape may once have existed on the planet Mars......»»
Mass extinction event 260 million years ago resulted from climate change, studies say
Ocean stagnation, ecosystem collapses, and volcano eruptions all played a role. Enlarge / Artist’s depiction of two dinocephalians, a group of land animals that died out in the Captitanian extinction(s). (credit: Dmitry Bogdan.....»»
Airlines Grapple with Flights Delayed by Climate-Fueled Heat
Longer, more intense heat waves fueled by climate change could make it harder for planes to get off the ground.....»»
Flighty 3.0 makes it even easier to track your friends’ flights
Flighty has become one of the most popular flight tracking apps for iPhone and iPad. But unlike platforms like FlightRadar24, Flighty is focused on helping users track their own upcoming flights. Now with Flighty 3.0, the app is making it even easie.....»»
Mammal bites dinosaur in "once-in-a-lifetime" fossil find
A badger-like mammal was sinking its teeth into the ribs of a dinosaur three times its size when they were buried in volcanic ash 125 million years ago, capturing the pair in a deadly embrace......»»
Thousands evacuated as typhoon nears southern China, Vietnam
Tens of thousands of people were being evacuated in southern China and Vietnam on Monday, and dozens of flights canceled as a typhoon barreled towards land......»»
Seabed trawling"s impact on the climate may be wildly overestimated, says study
You might remember newspaper articles in 2021 claiming that towing nets over the seabed to catch fish (known as bottom trawling) releases as much carbon as all flights taken each year. It turns out that the assessment behind this claim overestimated.....»»
Lasering lava to forecast volcanic eruptions
University of Queensland researchers have optimized a new technique to help forecast how volcanoes will behave, which could save lives and property around the world. The research is published in Science Advances......»»
Large sub-surface granite formation signals ancient volcanic activity on moon"s dark side
A large formation of granite discovered below the lunar surface likely was formed from the cooling of molten lava that fed a volcano or volcanoes that erupted early in the moon's history—as long as 3.5 billion years ago......»»
Turtles could delay Western Sydney Airport flights
Amid the controversy surrounding preliminary flight paths for Western Sydney's new airport, another potential challenge is looming: turtles on the tarmac......»»
Volcanic sulfur flows observed and recorded in northern Chile
A small international team of vulcanologists has observed a rarely seen event—a sulfur flow from a volcano—in northern Chile. In their paper published in the journal Frontiers in Earth Science, the group describes how they happened to observe the.....»»
Simulation claims to find solutions to a central mystery in space physics
How are plasma eruptions in near-Earth space formed? Vlasiator, a model designed at the University of Helsinki for simulating near-Earth space, demonstrated that the two central theories on the occurrence of eruptions are simultaneously valid: erupti.....»»
Italian researchers reach the edge of space, flying aboard Virgin Galactic"s rocket-powered plane
A team of Italian researchers reached the edge of space Thursday morning, flying aboard Virgin Galactic's rocket-powered plane as the company prepares for monthly commercial flights......»»
Google reportedly gives up on making AR glasses—for the third time
Project Iris said to be scrapped as Google focuses on AR software. Enlarge / A Google video promoted AR's translation potential with these normal-looking consumer AR glasses a year ago, but Google's reportedly quit developing AR.....»»
New research shows climate change will increase impacts of volcanic eruptions
Volcanic disasters have been studied since Pompeii was buried in 79 A.D., leading the public to believe that scientists already know why, where, when and how long volcanoes will erupt. But Jonathan Fink, volcanologist and director of the Digital City.....»»