Little seismic unrest preceded the 2014 eruption of a stratovolcano in Indonesia, which suggests that the eruption was kick-started internally by volatile-triggered overpressure.
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Climate Refugees, Thinned Forests, and Other Things We’re Reading
What Earth and space science stories are we recommending this week?
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Grim Report on Climate Change Impacts on Oceans and Cryosphere
A new report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change states that bold actions can prevent significantly worse impacts.
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Did Bacterial Enzymes Cap the Oxygen in Early Earth’s Atmosphere?
A new theory suggests that nitrogenase from cyanobacteria could be the reason oxygen levels remained low after the Great Oxidation Event.
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Artificial Intelligence May Help Predict El Niño
Deep learning techniques give scientists the longest–lead time forecasts yet.
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Climate Summit Delivers Some Measures But Doesn’t Go Far Enough
Scientists, politicians, and activists say the announced actions and initiative are positive but insufficient measures.
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“Glass Pearls” in Clamshells Point to Ancient Meteor Impact
Research suggests that the spherical structures, smaller than grains of sand, may be microtektites, but additional investigations are needed to verify their identity.
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Podcast: Volcano Disaster Prepping
Third Pod from the Sun talks with volcanologist John Ewert, a founder of the U.S. Geological Survey’s Volcano Disaster Assistance Program.
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Leaky at the Core
New evidence from deep mantle plumes suggests that Earth’s liquid outer core might be leaking tungsten isotopes into the lower mantle.
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Members of Congress Look for Common Ground on Climate Change
Republican Francis Rooney and Democrat Paul Tonko hope that Congress can move forward to address climate change.