TOKYO / FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — More than a decade after a catastrophic tremor and subsequent wall of water devastated the Tōhoku region of Japan, scientists have finally unlocked the subterranean…
ROME — For centuries, the towering silhouette of Mount Etna has dominated the Sicilian landscape, a brooding sentinel standing more than 3,000 meters (9,800 feet) above the shimmering blue of…
PAPUA NEW GUINEA — Humanity has long possessed a paradoxical relationship with spatial exploration. We have mapped the celestial topography of the Moon and Mars with breathtaking, millimeter-level precision, yet…
LONDON & UTRECHT — Two hundred and one million years ago, Earth underwent a profound and violent biological reckoning. Known as the end-Triassic mass extinction, this catastrophic event wiped out…
TOKYO — Deep beneath the rolling, azure waves south of Japan lies a subterranean monster slowly flexing its geological muscles. In a breakthrough that offers unprecedented insight into the planet’s…
GEOMAR — Deep beneath the rolling waves of the South Pacific, a subterranean metallurgical laboratory is hard at work. For decades, geologists have puzzled over an enduring geological mystery: why…
By Global Science Correspondent Scientists have unlocked a critical piece of one of geology’s most enduring puzzles: why volcanoes with seemingly identical chemical compositions can erupt in radically different ways.…
By Published in Science & Environment Main Facts For more than 100 million years, Earth has managed a complex balancing act, maintaining a climate capable of supporting complex life despite…
TOKYO — Deep beneath the rolling swells of the western Pacific Ocean lies the Ontong Java Plateau (OJP), a colossal undersea behemoth that holds the title of the largest oceanic…
WASHINGTON — In the endless, silent theater of the solar system, violence is sometimes the catalyst for creation, evolution, and profound environmental transformation. Nearly 800 million years ago, deep within…
