Recent research combining analysis of carbon dating, sediment accumulation rates, and pollen records from 632 lake beds worldwide finds deforestation tied to increased soil erosion.
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Direct Air Capture Offers Some Promise in Reducing Emissions
The method offers potential in helping reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere but faces technological and economic hurdles.
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Momentum Grows for Mapping the Seafloor
Initiatives like the Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project can help us better understand the ocean.
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Scientists Explore How Best to Communicate About Climate Change
An AGU Fall Meeting session focuses on communicating with appropriate urgency about climate change.
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How to Turn Your Smartphone into an Earthquake Detector
A free smartphone app tracks earthquakes using your phone’s accelerometer. One day, the app could issue emergency warnings to those in danger.
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The Layered Legacy of Clyde Wahrhaftig
As the geologist’s beloved guidebook gets a digital makeover, his personal contributions to the field shed light on who he was as a scientist.
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More Than Just Astronomy: Radio Telescopes for Geophysics
Linking an existing network of radio telescopes with satellite radar would make it possible to measure ground displacements in a globally consistent way, scientists propose.
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Richard Mansergh Thorne (1942–2019)
A pioneering space plasma physicist who led the way in understanding how complex wave-particle interactions control Earth’s radiation belts and low-level auroral light emissions.
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Looking for Prehistoric Pollen? Check the Floodplains
A new methodology calculates the soil properties most likely to preserve pollen.
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Antarctic Ice Cores Offer a Whiff of Earth’s Ancient Atmosphere
Bubbles of greenhouse gases trapped in ice shed new light on an important climate transition that occurred about a million years ago.