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Volcanology
Volcanology: is the study of volcanoes, lava, magma, and related geological, geophysical and geochemical phenomena. The term volcanology is derived from the Latin word vulcan. Vulcan was the ancient Roman god of fire.
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JAN 19, 2023Space & Astronomy
Labroots previously discussed the history and exploration of Jupiter's first Galilean moon, Io, which revealed one of th ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 28, 2022Space & Astronomy
New research from Nature Astronomy shows that magma is still shaping the surface of Mars to this day. Researchers at ETH ...Written By: Hannah DanielSEP 30, 2022Earth & The Environment
In a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a team of researchers led by Dartmou ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAUG 06, 2022Space & Astronomy
In a collaborative study slated to be published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters this September, planetary scienti ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 24, 2022Space & Astronomy
Volcanoes are one of nature’s most awe-inspiring creations, giant mountains ejecting red hot lava that are both be ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 11, 2022Earth & The Environment
An international team of researchers led by the University of Bath studied the atmospheric response to the January erupt ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 07, 2022Earth & The Environment
56 million years ago, the Earth was a much different place as a cataclysmic event caused global temperatures to rise and ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAY 24, 2022Earth & The Environment
Volcanic eruptions are one of the most awe-inspiring spectacles to witness. You are literally watching Earth at work as ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAY 15, 2022Earth & The Environment
Volcanic eruptions are some of the most awesome spectacles in nature, as watching the interior of the planet we live on ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 17, 2022Space & Astronomy
Venus, the second planet from the Sun – The Deceptive Planet. Often known as the “morning star” and &l ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 26, 2022Earth & The Environment
Researchers at NASA are learning more about the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano days after its deadly eruption. ...Written By: Hannah DanielMAY 22, 2020Earth & The Environment
This week marks the 40th anniversary of the Mount St. Helens volcanic eruption in southwestern Washington. According to ...Written By: Tiffany DazetAPR 24, 2020Earth & The Environment
The trigger mechanism that caused the 2018 Kilauea volcano eruption on Hawaii island has eluded scientists. However, a n ...Written By: Tiffany DazetJAN 19, 2020Plants & Animals
Oodles of massive fossils tell stories about the fearsome beasts that once roamed the Earth called dinosaurs. Some were ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 11, 2019Earth & The Environment
The 2018 eruption of Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano didn’t just change the lives of several hundred residents and ...Written By: Tiffany DazetDEC 31, 2018Earth & The Environment
The sudden collapse of Indonesian volcano Anak Krakatau last week triggered a frightening tsunami in the Sunda Strait. U ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 11, 2018Earth & The Environment
The recent devastation from Guatemala’s Volcán de Fuego eruption last week has not ended for many families ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 22, 2017Space & Astronomy
One of Jupiter’s natural satellites, which goes by the name Io, is perhaps one of the Solar System’s most vo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 12, 2017Videos
Volcanoes are some of the most forceful objects on Earth that are produced by mother nature, and they can have huge impa ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 29, 2017Earth & The Environment
If you’ve glimpsed a picture of a crater lake or been lucky enough to see one yourself, you’ll understand th ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 12, 2017Videos
Because active volcanoes are much too dangerous and hot to observe in person without the high likelihood of personal inj ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 12, 2017Videos
The search for other life forms in our Solar System has so far left us with empty hands. We've been searching for decade ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 09, 2017Space & Astronomy
While the universe is vast, we are always poking our noses around in our neighboring star systems in an attempt to find ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 24, 2017Space & Astronomy
Here on Earth, we have something called volcanoes. We think we understand them very well; they’re essentially vent ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
JAN 19, 2023
Space & Astronomy
Labroots previously discussed the history and exploration of Jupiter's first Galilean moon, Io, which revealed one of th
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 28, 2022
Space & Astronomy
New research from Nature Astronomy shows that magma is still shaping the surface of Mars to this day. Researchers at ETH
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
SEP 30, 2022
Earth & The Environment
In a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a team of researchers led by Dartmou
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 06, 2022
Space & Astronomy
In a collaborative study slated to be published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters this September, planetary scienti
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 24, 2022
Space & Astronomy
Volcanoes are one of nature’s most awe-inspiring creations, giant mountains ejecting red hot lava that are both be
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 11, 2022
Earth & The Environment
An international team of researchers led by the University of Bath studied the atmospheric response to the January erupt
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 07, 2022
Earth & The Environment
56 million years ago, the Earth was a much different place as a cataclysmic event caused global temperatures to rise and
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAY 24, 2022
Earth & The Environment
Volcanic eruptions are one of the most awe-inspiring spectacles to witness. You are literally watching Earth at work as
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAY 15, 2022
Earth & The Environment
Volcanic eruptions are some of the most awesome spectacles in nature, as watching the interior of the planet we live on
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 17, 2022
Space & Astronomy
Venus, the second planet from the Sun – The Deceptive Planet. Often known as the “morning star” and &l
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 26, 2022
Earth & The Environment
Researchers at NASA are learning more about the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano days after its deadly eruption.
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
MAY 22, 2020
Earth & The Environment
This week marks the 40th anniversary of the Mount St. Helens volcanic eruption in southwestern Washington. According to
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
APR 24, 2020
Earth & The Environment
The trigger mechanism that caused the 2018 Kilauea volcano eruption on Hawaii island has eluded scientists. However, a n
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
JAN 19, 2020
Plants & Animals
Oodles of massive fossils tell stories about the fearsome beasts that once roamed the Earth called dinosaurs. Some were
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 11, 2019
Earth & The Environment
The 2018 eruption of Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano didn’t just change the lives of several hundred residents and
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
DEC 31, 2018
Earth & The Environment
The sudden collapse of Indonesian volcano Anak Krakatau last week triggered a frightening tsunami in the Sunda Strait. U
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 11, 2018
Earth & The Environment
The recent devastation from Guatemala’s Volcán de Fuego eruption last week has not ended for many families
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 22, 2017
Space & Astronomy
One of Jupiter’s natural satellites, which goes by the name Io, is perhaps one of the Solar System’s most vo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 12, 2017
Videos
Volcanoes are some of the most forceful objects on Earth that are produced by mother nature, and they can have huge impa
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 29, 2017
Earth & The Environment
If you’ve glimpsed a picture of a crater lake or been lucky enough to see one yourself, you’ll understand th
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 12, 2017
Videos
Because active volcanoes are much too dangerous and hot to observe in person without the high likelihood of personal inj
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 12, 2017
Videos
The search for other life forms in our Solar System has so far left us with empty hands. We've been searching for decade
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 09, 2017
Space & Astronomy
While the universe is vast, we are always poking our noses around in our neighboring star systems in an attempt to find
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 24, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Here on Earth, we have something called volcanoes. We think we understand them very well; they’re essentially vent
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard