Monitoring and Modeling the Rapid Evolution of Earth's Newest Volcanic Island: Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha'apai (Tonga) Using High Spatial Resolution Satellite Observations
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DOI: 10.1002/2017gl076621
Abstract: Abstract We have monitored a newly erupted volcanic island in the Kingdom of Tonga, unofficially known as Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha'apai, by means of relatively frequent high spatial resolution (~50 cm) satellite observations. The new… read more here.
Keywords: tonga hunga; hunga; hunga tonga; volcanic island ... See more keywords
Rubinisphaera italica sp. nov. isolated from a hydrothermal area in the Tyrrhenian Sea close to the volcanic island Panarea
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DOI: 10.1007/s10482-019-01329-w
Abstract: Planctomycetes is a fascinating phylum of mostly aquatic bacteria, not only due to the environmental importance in global carbon and nitrogen cycles, but also because of a unique cell biology. Their lifestyle and metabolic capabilities… read more here.
Keywords: island panarea; hydrothermal area; volcanic island; rubinisphaera italica ... See more keywords
From catastrophic collapse to multi-phase deposition: Flow transformation, seafloor interaction and triggered eruption following a volcanic-island landslide
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DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2019.04.024
Abstract: Abstract The current understanding of tsunamis generated by volcanic-island landslides is reliant on numerical models benchmarked against reconstructions of past events. As the largest historical event with timed tsunami observations, the 1888 sector collapse of… read more here.
Keywords: ritter; collapse; landslide; volcanic island ... See more keywords
Rhodothermus bifroesti sp. nov., a thermophilic bacterium isolated from the basaltic subsurface of the volcanic island Surtsey.
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DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.005214
Abstract: Novel thermophilic heterotrophic bacteria were isolated from the subsurface of the volcanic island Surtsey off the south coast of Iceland. The strains were isolated from tephra core and borehole fluid samples collected below 70 m… read more here.
Keywords: rhodothermus; volcanic island; island surtsey; bifroesti nov ... See more keywords
A new species of Cintractiella (Ustilaginales) from the volcanic island of Kosrae, Caroline Islands, Micronesia
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DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.42.27231
Abstract: Abstract Cintractiella is an unusual genus of smut fungi containing two described species that produce sori as adventitious gall-like spikelets on members of tribe Hypolytreae (subfam. Mapanioideae, Cyperaceae). In September 200, during a botanical expedition… read more here.
Keywords: island kosrae; volcanic island; caroline islands;