Why Volcanic Eruptions Can Spark LightningAlexandra WitzeScience News
skip to main content alexandra witze, science news science apr 12, 2010 1:00 pm why volcanic eruptions can spark lightning it’s the ultimate love-at-first-sight story: in the middle of the desert, hundreds of miles from anything else, lonely sand grains meet up in a crowd and decide ...
Why do composite cone volcanoes have the most violent eruptions? How does Kilauea affect the cryosphere? Why do igneous rocks have holes? Why are non-silicate minerals important? Why are aftershocks in strike-slip faults more dangerous?
On Wednesday, the most powerful strike-slip earthquake ever recorded happened along the Ring of Fire. If that earthquake had happened in a major U.S. city along the west coast, the city would have been entirely destroyed. Scientists tell us that there is nearly a 100% certainty that the "...