Is Lava Really Forming Dunes On Jupiter's Closest Moon? - Global Circulate


5/4/2022 12:00:00 AM3 years 9 months ago
by Ana Williams

Never-ending fields, towering dunes, and irregular ridges on Io could be formed by winds and lava flowing under a crust of sulfur dioxide ice. A study published on April 19, 2022, in Nature Communications reveals a strange process that

Never-ending fields, towering dunes, and irregular ridges on Io could be formed by winds and lava flowing under a crust of sulfur dioxide ice. A study published on April 19, 2022, in Nature Communica… [+1216 chars]

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