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Three eruptions At The Fagradalsfjall Volcano In Iceland Show Rapid And Predictable Microbial Community Establishment

by Keith Cowing

How natural environments transition from uninhabited to inhabited is an incompletely understood question in ecology.

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Lava World Away Team Practice: NASA’s VERITAS Science Team Studies Volcanic Iceland

by Keith Cowing

With its crushing atmospheric pressure, clouds of sulfuric acid, and searing surface temperature, Venus is an especially challenging place to study. But scientists know that observing its surface can provide […]

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