GEOLOGY

The eruption of the Marapi volcano, the death toll rises to 22

VOLCANOES
At least 22 people have lost their lives as a result of the eruption of the Marapi volcano in Indonesia, while the search for a missing person continues. Hundreds of rescuers have mobilized for the search, which...

Indonesia’s Marapi volcano erupts, killing 11 climbers; 12 missing

VOLCANOES
Eleven climbers were found dead in Indonesia on Monday and 12 were missing after the Marapi volcano erupted in West Sumatra, a rescue official said, as search operations - which were halted temporarily over safety concerns...

Alpine rock reveals dynamics of plate movements in Earth’s interior

EARTH
Examining how plates move in Earth’s mantle and how mountains form is no easy feat. Certain rocks that have sunk deep into Earth’s interior...

Libyan desert’s yellow glass: How we discovered the origin of these rare and mysterious shards

ENVIRONMENT
The Great Sand Sea Desert stretches over an area of 72,000km² linking Egypt and Libya. If you find yourself in a particular part of...

Volcanic Iceland is rumbling again as magma rises. A geologist explains eruptions in the land of fire and ice

GEOLOGY
Thousands of earthquakes in recent weeks have shaken the Icelandic fishing town of Grindavík, about 30 miles (50 kilometers) southwest of the capital Reykjavik....

Plate tectonic surprise: Geologist unexpectedly finds remnants of a lost mega-plate

GEOLOGY
Utrecht University geologist Suzanna van de Lagemaat has reconstructed a massive and previously unknown tectonic plate that was once one-quarter the size of the...

Mont Blanc shrinks by over two meters in two years

EARTH
Western Europe's highest mountain, Mont Blanc, has shrunk by over two meters in height over the past two years, researchers said on Thursday, measuring...

Research presents new development model for the world’s third-longest river

EARTH
A new research paper published in Science Advances reveals how changes in the size of the Yangtze River watershed may have led to the...

Earth’s crust, tectonic plates gradually formed, geoscientists find

EARTH
The Earth's crust continued a slow process of reworking for billions of years, rather than rapidly slowing its growth some 3 billion years ago,...

Making Arctic field geology accessible by digitizing outcrops

GEOLOGY
The Svalbox Digital Model Database (DMDb) just made its formal debut into the scientific community in a new article published in the journal Geosphere. The...

Most detailed geological model reveals Earth’s past 100 million years

EARTH
Climate, tectonics and time combine to create powerful forces that craft the face of our planet. Add the gradual sculpting of the Earth's surface...

Assessing weathering conditions around the globe to understand rate-limiting factors for major rock types

GEOLOGY
A quartet of researchers at Pennsylvania State University has assessed differing weathering conditions around the globe in an attempt to better understand the rate-limiting...

Monitoring ‘frothy’ magma gases could help evade disaster

GEOLOGY
Volcanic eruptions are dangerous and difficult to predict. A team at the University of Tokyo has found that the ratio of atoms in specific...

Geobiologists shine new light on Earth’s first known mass extinction event 550 million years ago

EARTH
A new study by Virginia Tech geobiologists traces the cause of the first known mass extinction of animals to decreased global oxygen availability, leading...
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