eruption

DNA evidence rewrites story of people buried in Pompeii eruption

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DNA evidence rewrites story of people buried in Pompeii eruption

Researchers from the University of Florence, Harvard University and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig have used ancient DNA to challenge long-held interpretations of the people of Pompeii. Contrary to physical appearances, the DNA evidence revealed unexpected variations in gender and kinship, revising the story as written since 1748. The genetic data … Read more

New trigger proposed for record-smashing 2022 Tonga eruption

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New trigger proposed for record-smashing 2022 Tonga eruption

Fifteen minutes before the massive January 2022 eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano, a seismic wave was recorded by two distant seismic stations. Now, researchers argue that similar early signals could be used to warn of other impending eruptions in remote oceanic volcanoes. The researchers propose that the seismic wave was caused by a … Read more