Humans may be in a new geologic epoch—the Anthropocene—but different groups define its start at varied times. When should the Anthropocene have begun?Read More »
Insights from a 13-year monitoring program of Sierra Negra—one of the many volcanoes that dot the Galápagos Islands—shed light on the volcanic evolution of basaltic eruption.Read More »Climate Change
Researchers hope that a network of highly consistent climate-observing sites will resolve long-standing issues with climatological data.Read More »Atmospheric Sciences
Researchers have created thin, levitating disks that could be used to study the mesosphere, a layer of Earth’s atmosphere that’s difficult to reach with conventional flyers.Read More »Biogeosciences
Herbivorous dinosaurs migrated north across Pangea beginning about 214 million years ago, coincident with a downturn in atmospheric carbon dioxide levels.Read More »Atmospheric Sciences
Night-shining clouds can be diagnostic tools to better understand how human activity is changing the meteorology of the mesosphere.Read More »Education
Cassini’s final flybys of Saturn’s largest moon may have captured a temperature drop due to rainfall, one of the first observations of weather changes on Titan. Read More »Education
An open letter from geoscientists supports a bill to remove racist slurs from federally recognized lakes, creeks, canyons, and other small landforms.Read More »
