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Weather Words: Ice Bubbles

Ice bubbles are trapped pockets of gas, often methane, frozen layer by layer in clear lake ice, creating striking, stacked ...
For decades, volcanologists believed that the primary trigger for explosive eruptions was a drop in pressure as magma rises ...
Steve Spangler, an author from Colorado, talks about his new book “The Engagement Effect” and about some ideas for things you ...
Scientists have discovered that shear forces inside rising magma can create gas bubbles long before pressure drops occur. The ...
Scientists have uncovered a long-missing piece of the volcanic puzzle: rising magma doesn’t just form explosive gas bubbles ...
The physics of java and lava are actually quite similar, at least when it comes to bubbles, according to a surprising study.
The explosiveness of a volcanic eruption depends on how many gas bubbles form in the magma—and when. Until now, it was ...
The chip giant on Wednesday produced results and forecasts that beat expectations, allaying immediate fears. But there are ...