Letícia Betezek é um estudante de graduação estudar geologia na Universidade Federal do Paraná, em Curitiba, Brasil. Click here for the English version. A região chamada de Aparados da Serra, destino principal da viagem, se localiza na divisa dos municípios de Cambará do Sul – Rio Grande do Sul e Praia Grande – Santa Catarina, […]
Letícia Betezek is an undergraduate student studying geology at the Universidade Federal do Paraná in Curitiba, Brazil. Clique aqui para a versão em Português. The region called Aparados da Serra located on the border of the Brazilian cities of Cambará do Sul – Rio Grande do Sul and Praia Grande – Santa Catarina, was the main destination […]
Nicole Williamson is a Ph.D. candidate at the Pacific Centre for Isotope and Geochemical Research in the Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science, University of British Columbia. Her current research involves the geochemistry of shield stage lavas from the northernmost Hawaiian island of Kauai. Those who have had the immense privilege to work in […]
100 years ago, the largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century occurred on the Alaska Peninsula, west of Anchorage. Beginning on June 6th, 1912, a new vent produced an explosive three day eruption that produced 13.5 cubic kilometers of material (over 3 times larger than the 4 cubic kilometers of the 1980 of Mount St […]
Imagine with me the most idyllic Mediterranean paradise: sandy beaches, isolated villages, 70º all year long, and gelato (lots of gelato). Now superimpose on this paradise one of the most destructive forces Mother Nature has to offer. For the past 400 thousand years the landmass surrounding the Tyrrhenian sea has been pounded by Plinian volcanic eruptions. […]
