• About
  • Special Reports
  • Topics
    • Climate
    • Earth Science
    • Oceans
    • Space & Planets
    • Health & Ecosystems
    • Culture & Policy
    • Education & Careers
    • Opinions
  • Projects
    • ENGAGE
    • Third Pod from the Sun
    • Eos en Español
    • Eos 简体中文版
    • Print Archive
  • Newsletter
  • Submit to Eos
  • AGU.org
  • AGU Publications
    • AGU Journals
    • Editors’ Highlights
    • Editors’ Vox
  • Career Center
  • AGU Blogs
  • Join AGU
  • Give to AGU
  • About
  • Special Reports
  • Topics
    • Climate
    • Earth Science
    • Oceans
    • Space & Planets
    • Health & Ecosystems
    • Culture & Policy
    • Education & Careers
    • Opinions
  • Projects
    • ENGAGE
    • Third Pod from the Sun
    • Eos en Español
    • Eos 简体中文版
    • Print Archive
  • Newsletter
  • Submit to Eos
Skip to content
  • AGU.org
  • AGU Publications
    • AGU Journals
    • Editors’ Highlights
    • Editors’ Vox
  • Career Center
  • AGU Blogs
  • Join AGU
  • Give to AGU
Eos

Eos

Science News by AGU

Sign Up for Newsletter
  • About
  • Special Reports
  • Topics
    • Climate
    • Earth Science
    • Oceans
    • Space & Planets
    • Health & Ecosystems
    • Culture & Policy
    • Education & Careers
    • Opinions
  • Projects
    • ENGAGE
    • Third Pod from the Sun
    • Eos en Español
    • Eos 简体中文版
    • Print Archive
  • Newsletter
  • Submit to Eos

Syria

A fault segment offset an agricultural field during the Kahramanmaraş earthquake sequence.
Posted inFeatures

The 2023 Türkiye-Syria Earthquakes Shifted Stress in the Crust

by Erin Martin-Jones 24 August 202329 August 2023

In February, a devastating magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck the eastern Mediterranean, triggering a second major jolt and a cascade of aftershocks.

Illustration of Stone Age villagers shielding their eyes from a nearby airburst
Posted inNews

Armagedón a 10,000 A.C.

Javier Barbuzano, Science Writer by Javier Barbuzano 4 June 20202 February 2022

Fragmentos de un cometa probablemente golpearon la Tierra hace 12,800 años, y una pequeña aldea del Paleolítico en Siria podría haber sufrido el impacto.

Illustration of Stone Age villagers shading their eyes from a nearby airburst
Posted inNews

Armageddon at 10,000 BCE

Javier Barbuzano, Science Writer by Javier Barbuzano 30 March 20202 February 2022

Fragments of a comet likely hit Earth 12,800 years ago, and a little Paleolithic village in Syria might have suffered the impact.

An informal refugee camp in Bekka Valley, Lebanon.
Posted inFeatures

No Place to Flee

by W. Pollock and J. Wartman 25 November 201917 October 2022

The Syrian refugee crisis has had far-reaching consequences for geologic risk in neighboring Lebanon, providing insights into the interplay between forced displacement and natural disasters.

eastern-mediterranean-map
Posted inNews

Ancient River Discovery Confirms Mediterranean Nearly Dried Up in the Miocene

Mara Johnson-Groh, Science Writer by Mara Johnson-Groh 25 March 201931 May 2023

Sedimentary deposits reveal a Nile-sized river system flowing from what are today Turkey and Syria.

Features from AGU Journals

RESEARCH SPOTLIGHTS
Geophysical Research Letters
“Neural Networks Map the Ebb and Flow of Tiny Ponds”
By Sarah Derouin

EDITORS' HIGHLIGHTS
Community Science
“Collaboration Helps Overcome Challenges in Air Quality Monitoring”
By Muki Haklay

EDITORS' VOX
Reviews of Geophysics
“What We Know and Don’t Know About Climate Tipping Elements”
By Seaver Wang

Eos logo at left; AGU logo at right

About Eos
ENGAGE
Awards
Contact

Advertise
Submit
Career Center
Sitemap

© 2023 American Geophysical Union. All rights reserved. Proudly powered by Newspack by Automattic