ScienceEarth ScienceScienceEarth ScienceGas From the Big Bang May Be Trapped Inside EarthHelium-3 is leaking from Earth, and it's an intriguing clue as to how our planet formed.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedApril 1, 2022Comments (16)
ScienceEarth ScienceScienceEarth ScienceGeophysicists Mapped the 'Plumbing' That Feeds Yellowstone's Famous Hot SpringsDistant features in Yellowstone National Park are connected by underground hydrothermal networks, new research…ByIsaac SchultzPublishedMarch 24, 2022Comments (28)
ScienceEarth ScienceScienceEarth ScienceAncient Residue Reveals 69 Volcanic Eruptions Bigger Than Any in Recorded HistoryIce cores contain evidence of cataclysmic eruptions that would have affected humans around the world.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedMarch 18, 2022Comments (8)
ScienceEarth ScienceScienceEarth ScienceGigantic Greenland Impact Crater Is Much Older Than Scientists ThoughtThe 19-mile-wide, ice-covered hole is bigger than roughly 90% of all known impact craters on Earth.ByGeorge DvorskyPublishedMarch 9, 2022Comments (8)
ScienceEarth ScienceScienceEarth ScienceRecord-Breaking 58-Foot Rogue Wave Detected Off Vancouver IslandExperts say the freak wave was a once-in-a-millennium event.ByGeorge DvorskyPublishedFebruary 15, 2022Comments (20)
ScienceEarth ScienceScienceEarth ScienceHow Life in the 'Deep Biosphere' Thrives Despite Temperatures That Would Fry HumansMicroorganisms were found nearly 4,000 feet below the seafloor, at temperatures close to the presumed upper limit…ByGeorge DvorskyPublishedJanuary 25, 2022Comments (1)
ScienceEarth ScienceScienceEarth ScienceMagnetic Fields Could Be Early Warning That a Tsunami Is on the WayA tsunami's magnetic field arrives even before the telltale receding of seawater.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedDecember 23, 2021Comments (5)
ScienceEarth ScienceScienceEarth ScienceCelestial Darkness Begins to Recede as Human Darkness SurgesThe winter solstice means the darkest day of winter is upon us. If only things felt like they were about to get…ByAndrew CoutsPublishedDecember 21, 2021Comments (10)
ScienceEarth ScienceScienceEarth ScienceScience Publisher Retracts 44 Papers for Being Utter NonsenseUnadulterated gibberish snuck into Springer Nature’s Arabian Journal of Geosciences, and not for the first time.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedNovember 5, 2021Comments (25)
ScienceEarth ScienceScienceEarth ScienceWe're Worried About the Wrong VolcanoesDon’t underestimate the potential of small volcanoes to cause global catastrophe, scientists warn in a new paper.ByGeorge DvorskyPublishedAugust 6, 2021Comments (24)
ScienceEarth ScienceScienceEarth ScienceMassive Tsunami From Dino-Killing Asteroid Carved ‘Megaripples’ Into the Ocean FloorReaching over 50 feet tall, they're now the largest known ripples on Earth.ByGeorge DvorskyPublishedJuly 15, 2021Comments (14)
ScienceEarth ScienceScienceEarth ScienceLife Under Antarctica Is Surviving on Pulverized RockCrushed rock pulled from deep below the ice let loose methane, ammonium, and other compounds Antarctic organisms…ByIsaac SchultzPublishedJune 30, 2021Comments (14)