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Geologists at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), MIT, and elsewhere find colliding continental plates may draw down more water than previously thought. This could help explain the explosiveness of some volcanic eruptions and the distribution of ore deposits such as copper, silver, and gold.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a team of researchers from Boston College’s Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences a four-year, $6.2 million grant to study water quality and sediment transport in watersheds and along coastlines of the United States, U.S. Sen. Edward Markey announced on March 28.