By David Rothery, The Open University

Around 60 volcanoes erupt in the average year. On any particular day, there are usually about 20 volcanoes erupting somewhere in the world. Naturally, they can’t all make headlines. But when there are human tragedies involved, we need to question the priorities of the news media.

By Matthew Nisbet, 
Northeastern University

Senior officials representing nearly 200 countries will gather in Lima, Peru today for the final stages of United Nations-led climate change talks. The meetings, which began December 1, are intended to lay the final groundwork for a major international agreement to be reached a year from now in Paris, France.

By Helen Maynard-Casely, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation

By John M. Henderson,
University of South Carolina

By Stefano Piraino,
University of Salento and Bella Galil,
Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research