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Drones used to analyse ash clouds from Guatemalan volcano

11 Apr 2017

A team of volcanologists and engineers from the Universities of Cambridge and Bristol has collected measurements from directly within volcanic clouds...

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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. The dramatic...

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Arenal Volcano in November 2006

Increase in volcanic eruptions at the end of the ice age caused by melting ice caps and glacial erosion

02 Feb 2016

Researchers have found that glacial erosion and melting ice caps both played a key role in driving the observed global increase in volcanic activity...

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The Deccan Traps in western India

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

12 May 2015

The 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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Artist’s impression of super-Earth 55 Cancri e, showing a hot partially-molten surface of the planet before and after possible volcanic activity on the day side.

Astronomers find first evidence of changing conditions on a super Earth

05 May 2015

Astronomers have detected wildly changing temperatures on a super Earth – the first time any atmospheric variability has been observed on a rocky...

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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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The original 1912 camp

Heroic Age campsite location discovered near summit of Antarctic volcano

14 Dec 2012

A century after members of Captain Scott's Terra Nova Expedition climbed Mount Erebus, the University of Cambridge’s Professor Clive Oppenheimer has...

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BP Institute

BP Institute for Multiphase Flow

01 Aug 2009

Understanding flow – whether it’s of oil, air, lubricants, lava, seawater or CO2 – lies at the heart of Cambridge’s BP Institute.

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Unclouding uncertainty in climate modelling

01 May 2009

New understanding of the physics of clouds is helping to model both climate change and the impact of volcanic eruptions and wild fires.

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Modern day alchemy

Modern day alchemy: Gold for 2012?

01 Feb 2007

An ambitious research project headed by the University of Cambridge’s Computer Laboratory and Department of Engineering aims to revolutionise sports...

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