Science in the News 3

The article I read this week is titled "Scientists Confirm Existence of Largest Single Volcano On Earth" and the link to it is: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130905142817.htm

The article I read this week is about the largest volcano on Earth and among the largest in the Solar System. This article relates to what I have studied in science because a couple of years ago we studied about some kind of like layers of magma and now it comes to be the largest volcano on Earth named Tamu Massif. The position taken by the author of the article is very happy for the scientist since he made a new discovery and that that discovery could lead him to new ones. The scientist, William Sager first started to to study the volcano in Texas A&M College 20 years ago and now on the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. Sager's studies included the location about 1,000 miles east of Japan, that Tamu Massif is the largest feature of Shatsky Rise, which is an underwater mountain range formed 130-145 million years ago by the eruption of many underwater volcanoes. Before this discovery it was not clear if Tamu Massif was a single volcano, or the point of many eruptions. Through many sources of evidence, like core samples and data collected on a research ship, Sagar has confirmed that Tamu Massif's baslat mass did erupt from a single source near the center.

This article applies to my life because I live near the Pacific ocean and surrounded by volcanoes. I definetly agree with the author's postion because the scientist William Sager made a great new discovery which will take him on way of many other new discoveries. I think the author did provided the article with enough convencing evidence and data from William Sager for the biggest volcano on Earth. In the article, the author emphsizes that Sager's studies has lead bim to believe their are bigger volcanoes because there are bigger tectonic plates which could be bigger discoveries for the future.