Geology

High-resolution visible and thermal infrared images captured by a joint NASA-Japanese satellite sensor have provided the first clear glimpse of the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull that began…

Eric takes on earthquakes in his article, using fancy-schmancy words like seismology and strike-slip fault and logic. But all is for naught - a brave attempt, my fellow Scientific Blogger, but you…

Eyjafjallajökull, Gígjökull, Jökulhlaup, Gosmökkur The world is suddenly faced with the need to learn how to pronounce Islenska, the Icelandic language. With much of European airspace closed due to…

Chemical analysis of a stalagmite found in the mountainous Buckeye Creek basin of West Virginia suggests that native Americans contributed a significant level of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere…

Carried by winds high up in the atmosphere, a massive cloud of ash from the eruption of the Eyjafjallajoekull glacier in southwest Iceland has led to the closure of airports throughout the UK and…

The earth has four major layers: the inner core, outer core, mantle and crust.  The crust is what we need to think about here and the earth's crust is divided into 'plates' that are like puzzle…

An asteroid impact was likely not responsible for the extinction of the North American megafauna – such as mammoths, saber tooth cats, giant ground sloths and Dire wolves – along with the Clovis…

Newly drilled core samples from the Antarctic Peninsula may contain ice dating back into the last ice age and could give new insight into past global climate changes. Oxygen-isotopic ratios – a…

A new study in Nature Geoscience has uncovered more evidence linking regular changes in  Earth's orbital cycle to changes in the planet's climate The new analysis of ocean sediment cores from 57…

Faint Young Sun - No Paradox The faint young sun paradox is no paradox, according to a recent paper in Nature. The faint young sun paradox is that the earth didn't freeze over when the sun was weaker…