
What is the chemistry of volcanoes?
Chemistry For Your Life
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The Effects of Pressure on the Volcano
As magma rises, pressure starts to lift. Things kind of also start to melt, because with less pressure, they're less stuck together. That's sort of similar to the idea of sea level rise coming from a combination of thermal expansion and the land ice melting. We're going to play this episode again. If you don't know what I'm talking about, you can wait and we're actually going to release it next week.
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