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Research finds link between CO2, big volcano eruptions
February 2, 2021
Volcanologists from the University of Georgia and two Swiss universities found a link between carbon dioxide and the volume of gas trapped in magma, which could help predict the intensity and magnitude of a volcanic eruption. Higher levels of CO2, they found, lead to an increase in the total volume of gas in magma, which may result in violent, explosive eruptions.
The new findings could one day lead to better early-warning systems for people who live in the vicinity of volcanoes, though the study’s lead author, Mattia Pistone, cautioned that much additional work is needed for such a practical application.
CALGARY Thanks in part to a University of Calgary doctor, advancements have been made to improve the quality of life of those with spinal cord injuries. Dr. Aaron Phillips, at the U of C’s Cumming School of Medicine co-led an international study with Grégoire Courtine, from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, that has shown spinal cord stimulators can bridge the body’s autonomous regulation system, meaning that blood pressure can be controlled without medication. Phillips says one of the biggest motivating factors for him wanting to get involved with this kind of research and development was a friend in his life who had a cervical spinal cord injury.
Nine young hikers came to a mysterious end in the winter of 1959 on a frigid remote pass in the Ural mountains, launching Dyatlov Pass into the world lexicon and kicking off a search for the reasons how they died and why their bodies were found scattered around the area, some with horrific and baffling injuries, others with none, some in various stages of undress, all frozen to death. When conventional causes proved inconclusive, the strange and bizarre quickly emerged – UFOs, aliens, Yeti, radiation from a secret rocket test, secret heat ray weapon, poisoned alcohol, KGB killing, a vacuum bomb and more. None of those has been confirmed either, so a group of scientists went back to one of the conventional causes and revealed this week the most plausible scientific explanation for the Dyatov Pass incident.
Dyatlov Pass mystery of hikers who never returned solved 61 years later
Scientists from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology have ruled out UFOs, Yetis, and Soviet super-weapons – and have used computer analysis to develop a new theory
Previous investigations had been unable to explain how an avalanche could have occurred in the weather conditions on that night (Image: Social media; EAST2WEST NEWS)
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