The weekend! No updates until next Tuesday - I'll be off to give a talk at Western Michigan University.
Coal-erupting volcanoes defeat the Permian dinosaurs ... according to FOX News.
Anyway...
You know that mainstream media (FOXNews) must have done something appalling when even I can't write about it thanks to my seething rage. I'll let Chris Rowan at Highly Allochthonous and Ralph at the Volcanism Blog sum up how FOX News tried to explain the extinction of the dinosaurs (hint 1: it happened before dinosaurs even existed. hint 2: volcanoes erupt coal now).
After you've read about that miscarriage of the press, why not calm down by watching a lava flow in Hawai`i. It usually makes me feel better.
In other news, Costa Rica scientists don't expect big things from Turrialba, even with the 100+ years since the last eruption. Apparently they have spotted a number of new explosion ...
