A Massive Flow of Rock and Mud Tumbled Down Mount Rainier Centuries Ago. Scientists Pinpointed Its Date to Better Understand the Volcano's Complex Threats

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https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/a-massive-flow-of-rock-and-mud-tumbled-down-mount-rainier-centuries-ago-scientists-pinpointed-its-date-to-better-understand-the-volcanos-complex-threats-180989162/

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“A Massive Flow of Rock and Mud Tumbled Down Mount Rainier Centuries Ago.”
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Frase de exemploA Massive Flow of Rock and Mud Tumbled Down Mount Rainier Centuries Ago.
mudflow15x no texto
“This type of catastrophic event is known as a lahar , an Indonesian term for a volcanic mudflow.”
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Frase de exemploThis type of catastrophic event is known as a lahar , an Indonesian term for a volcanic mudflow.
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“The trees are happy.”
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Frase de exemploThe trees are happy.
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“Scientists just calculated a date for the most recent one.”
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Frase de exemploScientists just calculated a date for the most recent one.
volcano10x no texto
“Their communities lie in the shadow of Mount Rainier , an ice-capped, active volcano standing more than 14,000 feet tall.”
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Frase de exemploTheir communities lie in the shadow of Mount Rainier , an ice-capped, active volcano standing more than 14,000 feet tall.
buried10x no texto
“This tree had been buried by the Electron Mudflow.”
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Frase de exemploThis tree had been buried by the Electron Mudflow.
researchers9x no texto
“They also offered researchers a chance to establish better dates for these flows.”
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Frase de exemploThey also offered researchers a chance to establish better dates for these flows.
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““There’s institutional memory loss of these things,” Pringle says, as previous events fade into history.”
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Frase de exemplo“There’s institutional memory loss of these things,” Pringle says, as previous events fade into history.
geologic6x no texto
“While lahars are not common, they are inevitable over geologic time, and now, with more people and permanent structures in harm’s way, such episodes are becoming more likely to trigger destruction.”
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Frase de exemploWhile lahars are not common, they are inevitable over geologic time, and now, with more people and permanent structures in harm’s way, such episodes are becoming more likely to trigger destruction.
region6x no texto
“And landslides are more typical in the winter, when the region gets doused by soil-loosening rain.”
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Frase de exemploAnd landslides are more typical in the winter, when the region gets doused by soil-loosening rain.
samples6x no texto
“Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, he assembled a large collection of samples from the Electron Mudflow.”
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Frase de exemploThroughout the 1990s and 2000s, he assembled a large collection of samples from the Electron Mudflow.
exact6x no texto
“But importantly, those forecasts are not exact predictions, which can make the threat of such events challenging to communicate to the public.”
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Frase de exemploBut importantly, those forecasts are not exact predictions, which can make the threat of such events challenging to communicate to the public.
rings6x no texto
“In general, tree rings yield more information in places with extreme conditions.”
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Frase de exemploIn general, tree rings yield more information in places with extreme conditions.
understand5x no texto
“Pringle says that knowing the exact dates of lahars, and thus their frequency in the past, can influence the long-term forecasts geologists create to understand when the next event is likely to occur.”
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Frase de exemploPringle says that knowing the exact dates of lahars, and thus their frequency in the past, can influence the long-term forecasts geologists create to understand when the next event is likely to occur.
recent5x no texto
“Scientists just calculated a date for the most recent one.”
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Frase de exemploScientists just calculated a date for the most recent one.
occurred5x no texto
“The drill that occurred in local school districts in April was the largest of its kind in the world .”
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Frase de exemploThe drill that occurred in local school districts in April was the largest of its kind in the world .
geology5x no texto
“They published their results in the February issue of the scientific journal Geology .”
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Frase de exemploThey published their results in the February issue of the scientific journal Geology .