Jianli Chen, Bridging Old and New Gravity Data Adds 10 Years to Sea Level Record
EARTH SCIENCE ARCHIVE
Changes in Slab Dip Cause Rapid Changes in Plate Motion
Periods of slab shallowing in the South American subduction zone appear to cause decelerations in Nazca plate motion.
The Land Beneath Antarctica’s Ice Might Be Full of Water
Seismic surveys hint at the extent of a potential groundwater system in the White Continent.
Some Summer Storms Spit Sooty Particles into the Stratosphere
Earth’s typically pristine stratosphere is filling with particles from wildfires and additional moisture due to strong convective storms.
Glacier Runoff Becomes Less Nutritious as Glaciers Retreat
Sediment from retreating, land-terminating glaciers contains proportionally fewer micronutrients such as iron and manganese, reducing the glaciers’ value to microorganisms at the base of the food web.
New Lessons from Old Ice: How We Understand Past (and Future) Heating
Fragments of blue ice up to 6 million years old—the oldest ever found—offer key insights into Earth’s warming cycles. Researchers are using these ancient data to refine models of our future climate.
The Language of the Crust: Investigating Fault-to-Fault Interactions
Faults don’t just form—they respond, resist, and reshape the crustal narrative.
Glaciers Are Warming More Slowly Than Expected, but Not for Long
An unprecedented dataset offers insight into the counterintuitive cooling effect of glaciers on a global scale.
Complex Plumbing Dynamics for Kīlauea Volcano
A new analysis of subtle seismic velocity changes provides insights into the coupling of magma reservoirs of Hawaiian volcanoes.
Echoes From the Past: How Land Reclamation Slowly Modifies Coastal Environments
Reclamation of tide-influenced areas has a large impact on coastal environments through gradual modification of tidal dynamics, erosion, and siltation.
The Invisible Brake: Near‑Surface Cooling Stalls Giant Dyke Swarms
Sill-based pressure reconstructions show Mull’s giant dykes had eruption-capable pressures, but near‑surface groundwater cooling increased magma viscosity and stalled lateral propagation.
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