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Lava-filled blocks on Venus may indicate geological activity 

A global view of some well-known deformation features on Venus’s surface may indicate it’s capable of crustal motion, and that motion might even be happening today, scientists

Der älteste Plesiosaurier war ein guter Schwimmer 

     Plesiosaurier waren ganz besonders effektive Schwimmer. Diese längst ausgestorbenen „Paddelechsen“ vollführten in den Weiten des Weltmeeres den sogenannten „Unterwasserflug“ – ähnlich [...]

What Caused the Great Famine? 

Scientists are unraveling the driving forces of one of the worst environmental disasters in human history, in hopes of predicting and preparing for the next global drought. The post What Caused the Great [...]

Coastal erosion threatens archaeological sites along Greenland’s fjords 

Hundreds of archaeology sites lie along the shores of Greenland’s fjords and coasts, revealing the entirety of the country’s ancestral cultures from as many as four thousand years ago. Coastal erosion, [...]

Next week 18th December 2017 to 7th January 2018 

NEXT WEEKS EVENTS 18th December 2017 to 7th January 2018 The following is an extract from Bristol Geology Calendar More details can be found in the Calendar and on the web sites of the relevant Society [...]

First Alert - GeoWeek 

GeoWeek - Active Geoscience Week The following has been forwarded to me by Stephen Hannath. This is the sort of thing we should be interested in doing! Dear Geoscience Colleague,  Thank you so much for [...]

Aerial Geology, by Mary Caperton Morton 

There’s a lovely new coffee table book out, just in time for holiday shopping. My fellow EARTH magazine contributor Mary Capterton Morton is the author of Aerial Geology, a beautiful massive tome that [...]

GeoTalk: Maribel García-Ibáñez, Early Career Scientist Representative 

In addition to the usual GeoTalk interviews, were we highlight the work and achievements of early career researchers, this month we’ll also introduce one of the (outgoing) Division early career scientist [...]

Gunung Agung: neuer Drohnenflug 

Gestern hob sie wieder ab, die Drohne vom Typ Ai450-ER der Firma AeroTerrascan. Sie hatte eine Kamera an Bord und kreiste über Krater und Dom des Gunung Agung. Das extrem weitwinklige Fischaugenobjektiv [...]

Take Three Minutes and Study These Two Graphs 

One of the biggest science meetings on the planet is underway in New Orleans right now. The AGU meeting is huge and a LOT of newsmaking science comes out of it. This year is no different. The AMS published a [...]

Proteins in shark teeth could hint at what they eat 

Certain molecules found in shark teeth proteins could tell scientists how the predators are connected to other animals in the food web, according to new

Vulkanologie - Was die Gewalt eines Ausbruchs bestimmt 

     Rhyolith-Vulkane brechen mal explosiv, mal gemächlich aus. LMU-Professor Donald Dingwell zeigt erstmals, woran das liegt – entscheidend ist die Chemie. Manchmal geht es bei Vulkanausbrüchen [...]

Guest Post: The Cactus Field(s) of Sheep Mountain 

[Many thanks to Larry Haimowitz for this contribution! See bio at end of post.] Driving to Sheep Mountain. If you’ve ever driven west from Laramie to Centennial on Wyoming Highway 130 you’re [...]

Subterranean Serendipity: Scientists stumble upon a new way to sample magma 

Scientists have never directly observed magma beneath the Earth’s surface. But thanks to the discovery of easily accessible magma chambers, it may now be possible, report scientists at the 2017 American [...]

Stromboli: Lavastrom im Krater 

Am Stromboli auf den Liparischen Inseln spitzt sich die Situation gerade zu: aus dem Krater fließt ein Lavastrom, wie von Tom Pfeiffer gerade in unserer Facebookgruppe “volcanoes and volcanism” gemeldet [...]

What has a new island to do with Mars? 

The Story Behind the World's Youngest Island Many of you will have seen the BBC's story about the world's youngest island - Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha'apai. A little googling got me the story about how it is [...]

The Landslide Blog – the first ten years 

Tomorrow will mark the tenth anniversary of the Landslide Blog. It is an opportunity to reflect upon the successes and failures so

Door 15 – Dispatch from Patagonia: The amazing Torres del Paine National Park 

Flo Bullough continues her Patagonia reporting with a dispatch from the incredible Torres del Paine National Park! Over last weekend, I followed in the footsteps of my namesake, Lady Florence Dixie (more [...]

Are wetlands really the “Earth’s kidneys”? 

Yes they are! Healthy kidneys filter wastes and water from your body 24 hours a day. They never take a break. Soil works the same way for the earth – […]

Sand Worms 

I have always been intrigued by scolecodonts (fossil worm jaws/teeth) ever since finding one on a Ordovician road cut back in 2009. When visiting Dr. Conkin one day I saw a jar in his study with jaws similar [...]