The scientific majority believes clouds will likely have a neutral effect or even amplify global warming, perhaps strongly, but the lack of unambiguous proof has left room for dissent. Two CoEnv scientists – Christopher Bretherton, professor of atmospheric sciences, and Andreas Muhlbauer, research scientist in JISAO – are quoted. Read more here.
Read more »JISAO video will be featured at AGU this year
The episode, titled “Undersea Volcanos: West Mata Eruption”, is one of ten videos chosen to be critiqued by a panel of three Hollywood filmmakers during “The S Factor” workshop on December 6, 2011. Joe Resing’s work is featured in the video. Congratulations! https://youtube.com/watch?v=60tYEF_n3NE%3Ffeature%3Dplayer_embedded
Read more »Active submarine eruption of boninite in the northeastern Lau Basin - Nature Geosciences
New Nature Geosciences article describes the live coverage by JISAO/NOAA scientist Joe Resing, and others, at the West Mata submarine volcano in the northeast Lau Basin, southwest Pacific Ocean.
Read more »Explosive underwater eruptions are deepest yet seen - MSNBC
Joseph Resing discusses how an underwater volcano bursting with glowing lava bubbles — the deepest active submarine eruption seen to date — is shedding light on how volcanism can impact deep-sea life and reshape the face of the planet. MSNBC reports here.
Read more »Fiery volcano offers geologic glimpse into land that time forgot — with video
The first scientists to witness exploding rock and molten lava from a deep sea volcano, seen during a 2009 expedition, report that the eruption was near a tear in the Earth’s crust that is mimicking the birth of a subduction zone. Scientists on the expedition collected boninite, a rare, chemically distinct lava that accompanies the formation of Earths subduction zones. Nobody has ever collected fresh boninite and scientists never had the opportunity to monitor its eruption before, said Joseph Resing, University of Washington oceanographer and lead author of an online article on the findings in Nature Geoscience.
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