Old Faithful - Thar She Blows!
Geology / Thermal
Hot springs are what you get when you mix ground water with underground volcanic activity. They may be very acidic, containing sulphurous compounds or just mineral laden. Hot springs were the original continue reading this fact
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When This Lake 'Burps,' Better Watch Out!
Geology / Earthquakes
Nearly twenty years ago, two lakes in Cameroon, a country in Africa, 'burped,' killing hundreds of people. What makes a lake burp? Lake Nyos and Lake Monoun are unusual lakes. They each formed in the continue reading this fact
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Arctic Carbon a Potential Wild Card in Climate Change Scenarios
Geology / Glaciers
The Arctic Ocean receives about 10 percent of Earth's river water and with it some 25 teragrams [28 million tons] per year of dissolved organic carbon that had been held in far northern bogs and other continue reading this fact
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