Volcanic gas chemistry and volatile provenance

Sampling gas emissions at Tavurvur crater, Rabaul.

Around our planet, hundreds of volcanoes are constantly releasing gas into the atmosphere, even when not erupting. Over geological time, this volcanic outgassing is a key control on atmospheric composition, climate change, and planetary habitability, but how does volcanic outgassing vary, in chemical composition, in flux, and over what spatial or temporal scales?

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Brendan McCormick Kilbride
Brendan McCormick Kilbride
Presidential Fellow (Academic)

My research interests include volcanoes and their gas emissions.