{"id":3698,"date":"2014-12-16T12:24:31","date_gmt":"2014-12-16T17:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/?p=3698"},"modified":"2014-12-17T12:30:21","modified_gmt":"2014-12-17T17:30:21","slug":"what-happens-when-lava-meets-snow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/what-happens-when-lava-meets-snow\/","title":{"rendered":"What happens when lava meets snow?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3699\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Image2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3699\" class=\"wp-image-3699 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Image2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Close-up of a lava lobe moving down onto snowpack during the 2012\u201313 eruption at Tolbachik volcano in Kamchatka, Russia. (Photo credit: Benjamin R. Edwards)\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Image2-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Image2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Image2.jpg 1890w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3699\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Close-up of a lava lobe moving down onto snowpack during the 2012\u201313 eruption at Tolbachik volcano in<br \/> Kamchatka, Russia. (Photo credit: Benjamin R. Edwards)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Mixing lava with snow might seem to raise the risk of flooding for nearby settlements, but in fact it appears lava does not interact much with snow. Researchers in Eastern Russia, at the Tolbachik volcano, studied how snow and lava interact to determine the effects on lava advance and snow pack melting rates.<\/p>\n<p>Sheets of lava moving at a relatively rapid pace show few immediate signs of interacting with the snow as it acts like an insulator. The slower the lava flow was moving, more visible steam was produced, however limited amounts of melting were observed at even the slowest lava flows.<\/p>\n<p>The slowest moving flows of lava created recognizable textures that could be used in paleoclimate studies.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nature.com\/articles\/doi:10.1038\/ncomms6666\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Original research paper<\/span><\/a>\u00a0published in <em>Nature Communications\u00a0<\/em>on\u00a0<strong>December 16<\/strong><span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_453723367\"><span class=\"aQJ\"><strong>, 2014<\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>Names and affiliations of selected\u00a0authors<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Benjamin Edwards, Dickinson College, U.S.A.<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mixing lava with snow might seem to raise the risk of flooding for nearby settlements, but in fact it appears lava does not interact much with snow. Researchers in Eastern Russia, at the Tolbachik volcano, studied how snow and lava interact to determine the effects on lava advance and snow pack melting rates. 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