Ten years of data preceding a rockfall in the French Alps suggest the need for more comprehensive monitoring systems.
Rebecca Owen
How Liquid Is That Lava?
A new device helps scientists measure lava viscosity during active flows.
Improved Imaging Offers New Insight into Mount Etna
Anisotropic tomography provides a more complete picture of the Sicilian volcano’s inner workings.
What Happens in the Troposphere Doesn’t Stay in the Troposphere
A new study suggests that spillover of tropospheric ozone is affecting measurements of stratospheric ozone recovery more than previously realized.
Tiny Satellites Can Provide Significant Information About Space
Students and faculty at the University of Colorado Boulder use CubeSats to learn more about the near-Earth environment.
Mantle Heat May Have Boosted Earth’s Crust 3 Billion Years Ago
Information from igneous zircon molecules gives researchers new insight into the workings of inner Earth.
A Million Years Without a Megaslide
A new study goes deep into the Gulf of Alaska to examine the sixth-largest underwater landslide and investigate why a similar event hasn’t happened since.
Drilling into Antarctica’s Past
The West Antarctic Ice Sheet melted rapidly around 8,000 years ago. Could that event foretell the future?
Uncovering Earthquake Evidence in Azerbaijan’s Greater Caucasus Mountains
A new study unearths geological evidence that corroborates historical accounts of large earthquakes along the Kura fold-thrust belt.