
See Iceland Aglow in Volcanic Eruptions
A vivid look at Iceland’s recent resurgence of volcanic eruptions—and why the country could be in for 300 years of renewed volcanic activity

See Iceland Aglow in Volcanic Eruptions
A vivid look at Iceland’s recent resurgence of volcanic eruptions—and why the country could be in for 300 years of renewed volcanic activity

Sandcastle Engineering: A Geotechnical Engineer Explains How Water, Air and Sand Create Solid Structures
Building the ultimate sandcastle


Backward-Flowing Rivers Can Destabilize Ice Shelves
“Estuaries” from the ocean onto the ice can cause fractures and contribute to sea-level rise

New Technology Monitors Collapsing Glaciers
Deep vibrations called infrasound can provide an early warning of ice avalanches’ speed and trajectory

Being LGBT in Geoscience Is like Being Invisible
For a field of science that has long recognized the need for diversity, geoscience has moved at a glacial pace to achieve it

New Mineral Discovered in Deep-Earth Diamond
The surprising find has never shown up in nature before and reveals secrets about the earth’s mantle

Thousands of Tiny ‘Ice Needles’ May Explain Mysterious Stone Patterns on Earth ... and Mars
These stunning patterns have an unlikely designer

Early Earth’s Slowing Rotation Helped Oxygen Build Up
The planet’s spin may have mediated critical atmospheric oxygen

Largest Known Undersea Volcanic Eruption Explains Odd Seismic Waves
Researchers tie the event to “swarm quakes” off the French island of Mayotte

The True Haiti Earthquake Death Toll Is Much Worse Than Early Official Counts
A tool built by the U.S. Geological Survey suggests that the number of fatalities may range from 10,000 to 100,000 or more

Ugly Diamonds Hold a Billion-Plus Years of Earth History
Tiny pockets of fluid inside imperfect diamonds show how Earth changed

A Proto-Lake on the High Plains