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…
Researchers Dive to Never Before Explored Arctic Ocean Ridge Studded with Volcanoes
The submersible Fendouzhe being deployed off a Chinese icebreaker in the Arctic Ocean. Credit: Courtesy of the Fendouzhe…
Australian man’s gold nugget turns out to be rare meteorite
An Australian man’s potential gold discovery has turned out to be something far rarer and more scientifically valuable:…
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.…
Scientists Confirm Discovery of Massive Crater in China, Revealing Scale of Ancient Impacts Was “Far Greater than Previously Recorded”
A recently discovered impact crater in China is among the best-preserved ever found, offering researchers new insight into…
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…
Easter Island’s Moai Statues May Have Walked to Where They Now Stand
Easter Island statues, traditionally known as moai on the remote island of Rapa Nui in the South Pacific,…