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  1. @CPPGeophysics That would be a great idea! about 6 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone in reply to CPPGeophysics
  2. @Allochthonous Some of the media reports I've seen confuse magma accumulation with generation. Very different timescales. about 6 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone in reply to Allochthonous
  3. And by great, I mean awful. about 6 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone
  4. I'll have more to say later, but man, they've set up a great strawman about zircon ages in volcanic products bbc.co.uk/news/science-e… about 6 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone
  5. @Allochthonous The key here is just the timescale of magma extraction from mush, not really magma generation. about 6 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone in reply to Allochthonous
  6. @CPPGeophysics Ugh. This is again such an oversimplification. What happens "quick" is magma extraction, not generation. about 6 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone in reply to CPPGeophysics
  7. @fLip_uk To get the magma out? Yup, seismicity, new heat or volatiles to get the liquid out. about 10 hours ago via Twitter for Mac in reply to fLip_uk
  8. @fLip_uk It is my field of research, too. I'm a big "complex network" fan. about 10 hours ago via Twitter for Mac in reply to fLip_uk
  9. @fLip_uk Sort of like squeezing a sponge of crystal mush. about 11 hours ago via Twitter for Mac in reply to fLip_uk
  10. @fLip_uk @alexwitze I think the key is a rapid accumulation briefly before eruption, aggregating those pods in a network. about 11 hours ago via Twitter for Mac in reply to fLip_uk
  11. @NASA_Giovanni Excellent, thanks! about 11 hours ago via Twitter for Mac in reply to NASA_Giovanni
  12. I've updated my post on the activity at Ruiz in Colombia with links to video of the ash in Manizales and new details: wired.com/wiredscience/2… about 15 hours ago via Twitter for Mac
  13. Hillcorp, the company that wants to store oil at the base of Redoubt again, behaves with cartoonish villainy: alaskadispatch.com/article/worst-… about 15 hours ago via Twitter for Mac
  14. This afternoon will be a lot of #madwriting on an NSF proposal. Woop whoop. about 17 hours ago via Twitter for Mac
  15. Nice Aura/OMI image of SO2 emissions from Colombia's Ruiz on Sunday (May 27): so2.gsfc.nasa.gov/pix/daily/0512… about 17 hours ago via Twitter for Mac