Up, Up and Away: Studying Volcanoes With Balloons
Thursday, September 18th, 2008
Using Balloons to Study Volcanoes in Hawaii
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Adam Durant and Matt Watson, both of whom are alumni and adjunct faculty at Michigan Technological University, are doing postdoctoral work at the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom. They have been conducting some interesting research into volcanic plumes using meteorologic balloons. See the video from the BBC. The research was funded by the National Science Foundation.