In this truly explosive episode that will have you erupting with laughter, we share our lava of volcanoes! This is a hot one, folks!
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Sources:
[Hear Ye]
Round 1 Audio
Source: NOAA Ocean Exploration
https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/06fire/logs/april29/media/movies/spectragram.html
Round 2 Audio
Audio Credit: Robin Matoza
Citation: Matoza, R.S., D. Fee, M.A. Garces, J.M. Seiner, P.A. Ramon, and M.A.H. Hedlin (2009), Infrasonic jet noise from volcanic eruptions, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L08303, doi:10.1029/2008GL036486
Round 3 Audio
Audio Credit: Robin Matooza
Citation: Matoza, R.S., D. Fee, M.A. Garces, J.M. Seiner, P.A. Ramon, and M.A.H. Hedlin (2009), Infrasonic jet noise from volcanic eruptions, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L08303, doi:10.1029/2008GL036486
Round 3 Audio - Airplane
Credit: PDX Aviation
PDX Aviation - https://www.youtube.com/user/buybygb
[Fact Off]
Elephant salt mining in extinct volcano
http://faculty.jsd.claremont.edu/dmcfarlane/MtElgon/index.htm
https://eawildlife.org/east-african-wildlife-societys-mount-elgon-elephant-project-eawls-meep/
https://volcano.oregonstate.edu/faq/how-volcano-defined-being-active-dormant-or-extinct
https://en.unesco.org/biosphere/africa/mount-elgon-uganda
Parícutin volcano
http://www.unmuseum.org/7wonders/mob/paricutin.htm
http://sci.sdsu.edu/how_volcanoes_work/Paricutin.html
[Ask the Science Couch]
Preventing volcano eruptions
https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/how-can-we-tell-when-a-volcano-will-erupt
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/865376
https://theconversation.com/explainer-why-volcanoes-erupt-44732
https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/can-we-drill-yellowstone-stop-it-erupting?qt-news_science_products=0
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF02600367
https://www.usgs.gov/center-news/volcano-watch-did-aerial-bombing-stop-1935-mauna-loa-lava-flow
[Butt One More Thing]
Ardley island penguin poop
https://www.audubon.org/news/how-millennia-old-penguin-poo-led-scientists-volcanic-discovery