Earth, Wind, and Fire in Antarctica – Scientists unravel a story inscribed in lava and written by the wind
In 2008, 3 scientists from Woods Hole traveled to Antarctica to study young lava flows. Adam Soule, a volcanologist brought along his two favorite tools – a $10 hand lens and a $100,000 lidar sensor. Soule says that before Lidar, “I would walk a line over the lava and pick up every rock and measure it by hand.” In just […]
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