The Doomsday Glacier Is Getting Closer and Closer to Irreversible Collapse
Known as the “Doomsday Glacier,” the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica is one of the most rapidly changing glaciers…
The story of the Gallatin Range—magnificent mountains northwest of Yellowstone Caldera
Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles is a weekly column written by scientists and collaborators of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. This…
Autistic voices are an overlooked minority in geosciences
Autism is a lifelong condition impacting how individuals process information and interact with the world, simultaneously protected as…
Arctic Divers Reach Never-Before Explored Ocean Ridge Studded with Volcanoes
The submersible Fendouzhe being deployed off a Chinese icebreaker in the Arctic Ocean. Credit: Courtesy of the Fendouzhe…
Before their big smashup, Theia and Earth were neighbors
View larger. | Theia and Earth collided about 4.5 billion years ago, as depicted in this artist’s concept.…
Ocean submesoscales as drivers of submarine melting within Antarctic ice cavities
Rignot, E. et al. Four decades of Antarctic ice sheet mass balance from 1979–2017. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci.…
Breakup of Ancient Supercontinent Nuna 1.5 Billion Years Ago May Have Created Giant Incubators for Complex Life
Credit: Unsplash/Javier Miranda. From 1.8 billion to 800 million years ago, Earth was seemingly quite a boring place.…
Scientists have finally confirmed what lies deep inside the Moon and it’s surprisingly Earth-like
The structure of the moon has perplexed astronomers for centuries before the advent of spacecraft. In the early…
A call for integrated and cooperative global sharing of China’s Earth observation data
Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA Dong Chen & Alexandra Tyukavina Center for Global Change…
NASA made a strange discovery under the surface of the Moon
When we look at it, the Moon seems inert and uninteresting, but NASA made a strange discovery beneath…
The Future of Antarctic Ice: New Study Reveals the Mathematics of Meltwater Lakes
Newswise — Georgia Tech researchers have developed a mathematical formula to predict the size of lakes that form…
After 700,000 years, Iran’s dormant Taftan volcano is starting to rise
For decades, the colossal Taftan volcano of eastern Iran appeared a lifeless piece of history. It towered nearly…