Can We Just Throw Our Plastic Garbage Into A Volcano? - Science Friday
Update: 2025-12-15
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It’s winter, and the SciFri team is already dreaming of warmer weather. How about a mind vacation to one of the hottest places on earth, an erupting volcano? Tamsin Mather has trekked to volcanoes in Chile, Guatemala, Italy, and beyond to learn their secrets. She joins Host Flora Lichtman to field your burning volcano questions, like what’s the deal with glass shards that look like hairballs?
Guest: Dr. Tamsin Mather is a professor of Earth sciences at the University of Oxford in the UK.
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