
Geologists discover where energy goes during an earthquake
A scanning electron photomicrograph highlights a region of rock that slipped during a laboratory-induced earthquake. The “flowy” central area represents a portion of the rock

A scanning electron photomicrograph highlights a region of rock that slipped during a laboratory-induced earthquake. The “flowy” central area represents a portion of the rock

Scientists use kayaks to tow sensors around ice in the mouth of the Ilulissat Icefjord in Greenland. Credit: Mark Hopwood Warm water flowing into fjords

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Rising temperatures of the world’s oceans threaten to accelerate the melting and splintering of glaciers—thereby potentially increasing the number of icebergs

Dinosaurs were “ecosystem engineers,” preventing dense forests from growing. Their sudden demise led to widescale ecological changes, according to a University of Michigan study, as

A pyrocumulus (“fire cloud”) rising from the Line fire in Southern California. The image includes observations of shortwave-infrared light (red) to highlight the locations of

Inside the sediment core laboratory of the research vessel JOIDES Resolution, which in 2019 recovered the core in the Southeast Pacific that was analysed in

Volume renderings of the nanolite aggregates observed in samples MTL-A and MTL-B. a and b show volume renderings where only the nanolites were segmented, which

Professor Nathan Brown inside UT Arlington’s Dark Lab. Credit: UTA The University of Texas at Arlington is far from California earthquake country, yet its researchers

Uneven Ocean warming shifts the pace of the Madden–Julian Oscillation, reshaping global weather. Credit: Pusan National University Earth’s tropical regions drive some of the most

Tectonic Geodynamics is a comprehensive, integrative approach to tectonics and geodynamics for students and researchers. Credit: Princeton University Press Thorsten Becker, a professor at The