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Gas sampling in rift

Gas sampling in rift

Professor Tobias Fischer samples gases at a bubbling spring in Kenya.

East African Continental Rift

East African Continental Rift

Researchers sampled gases from the East African Continental Rift.

UNM researchers Hyunwoo Lee and Tobias Fischer

UNM researchers Hyunwoo Lee and Tobias Fischer

UNM Earth and Planetary Sciences Professor Tobias Fischer (r.) and graduate student Hyunwoo Lee on top of Oldoinyo Lengai Volcano, Tanzania.

Role of carbon dioxide in climate evolution more significant than previously thought

Release through volcanoes provides more immediate effect on atmosphere

December 05, 2017

Categories: Front Page College of Arts & Sciences Earth & Planetary Sciences Research

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