{"id":150815,"date":"2022-11-22T16:26:07","date_gmt":"2022-11-22T22:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/a-novel-technique-to-predict-volcanic-eruptions-now-possible-thanks-to-magma-foams"},"modified":"2022-11-22T16:26:07","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T22:26:07","slug":"a-novel-technique-to-predict-volcanic-eruptions-now-possible-thanks-to-magma-foams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/a-novel-technique-to-predict-volcanic-eruptions-now-possible-thanks-to-magma-foams","title":{"rendered":"A novel technique to predict volcanic eruptions now possible, thanks to magma \u2018foams\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/a-novel-technique-to-predict-volcanic-eruptions-now-possible-thanks-to-magma-foams2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A seven-year study reveals that variations in specific isotopes linked to magmatic \u2018foams\u2019 can be used to predict volcanic unrest.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists have found a way to use the ratio of atoms in specific gases created by volcanic fumaroles (gaps in the Earth\u2019s surface) to detect what\u2019s happening to magma deep below.<\/p>\n<p>Volcanic eruptions are dangerous and challenging to predict. Could the new findings change this?<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Marco Ritzki\/iStock.<\/p>\n<p>Much like obtaining a blood test to examine your health, the new method, published in Nature by a team at the University of Tokyo, could indicate when things are \u201cheating up.\u201d Significantly, it could aid in the prediction of future volcanic eruptions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A seven-year study reveals that variations in specific isotopes linked to magmatic \u2018foams\u2019 can be used to predict volcanic unrest. Scientists have found a way to use the ratio of atoms in specific gases created by volcanic fumaroles (gaps in the Earth\u2019s surface) to detect what\u2019s happening to magma deep below. Volcanic eruptions are dangerous [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":578,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1495],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-150815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/578"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150815\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}