https://www.earthmagazine.org/Explore the EARTH Magazine archive: geology, climate, natural hazards, energy, space and the science of our planet, from the American Geosciences Institute.en-UShttps://www.earthmagazine.org/article/after-hurricanes-us-beach-homes-are-rebuilt-bigger/https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/after-hurricanes-us-beach-homes-are-rebuilt-bigger/Tue, 19 Mar 2019 16:03:17 -0400When it comes to houses in the U.S., bigger is often seen as better. A new study looking at the recovery of real estate after major hurricanes has found that this …https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/folding-drone-flies-tight-spaces/https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/folding-drone-flies-tight-spaces/Tue, 19 Mar 2019 15:51:50 -0400Drones can go many places humans can’t, and a new foldable drone is squeezing into even tighter, more dangerous places than ever before. Inspired by birds that can …https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/geoethics-field-leading-example/https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/geoethics-field-leading-example/Tue, 19 Mar 2019 15:27:56 -0400In May 2015, five people associated with a college field trip, including students, stole 60 pounds of dinosaur bones from Bureau of Land Management-administered land …https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/inside-inferno-how-large-firenadoes-form/https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/inside-inferno-how-large-firenadoes-form/Tue, 19 Mar 2019 15:00:55 -0400At 7:30 p.m. on July 26, 2018, the Carr Fire, which devastated the Redding, Calif., region, reached a terrifying crescendo as tornado-strength winds spawned a …https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/wind-or-water-hurricane-harveys-most-destructive-force/https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/wind-or-water-hurricane-harveys-most-destructive-force/Mon, 18 Mar 2019 18:55:20 -0400On Aug. 25, 2017, Hurricane Harvey, a massive Category 4 storm with maximum sustained wind speeds of 215 kilometers per hour, made landfall on the Texas Coast …https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/where-earth-march-2019/https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/where-earth-march-2019/Thu, 21 Feb 2019 12:24:04 -0500Clues for March 2019: This Crimson-monikered tidewater glacier, which features prominent medial moraines, was first described by the 126-person Harriman Expedition …https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/red-planet-roundup-march-2019/https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/red-planet-roundup-march-2019/Wed, 13 Feb 2019 16:34:23 -0500With two rovers and a lander on the surface of Mars, six spacecraft orbiting above it, and scientists here on Earth studying the Red Planet from afar, new findings …https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/grounding-asian-jumping-worms/https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/grounding-asian-jumping-worms/Wed, 13 Feb 2019 16:31:47 -0500To tell the difference between a regular earthworm and an Asian jumping worm, pick it up. An earthworm will likely just lay there, perhaps curling gently around a …https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/frogs-fill-post-gondwana-picture/https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/frogs-fill-post-gondwana-picture/Wed, 13 Feb 2019 16:29:47 -0500The positions of landmasses after the breakup of Gondwana during the late Mesozoic and early Paleogene are highly debated, especially the configurations of the …https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/abiotic-amino-acid-found-subseafloor-rocks/https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/abiotic-amino-acid-found-subseafloor-rocks/Wed, 13 Feb 2019 16:21:38 -0500In 2000, scientists discovered a new type of deep-sea hydrothermal vent site in the North Atlantic about 20 kilometers west of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, which they …https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/neanderthals-and-humans-suffered-similar-levels-head-injuries/https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/neanderthals-and-humans-suffered-similar-levels-head-injuries/Wed, 13 Feb 2019 16:18:22 -0500Paleolithic Neanderthals have traditionally been depicted as more aggressive than Homo sapiens, and reliant on inferior hunting techniques with close-range weapons …https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/hard-knock-hominid-skeletons-tell-harsh-tales/https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/hard-knock-hominid-skeletons-tell-harsh-tales/Wed, 13 Feb 2019 16:15:25 -0500The Pleistocene was a hard time for hominids. Homo fossils from this period, when humans evolved and expanded from Africa and across Eurasia, are riddled with an …https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/kerogens-nanostructure-determines-oil-and-gas-reservoir-capacity/https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/kerogens-nanostructure-determines-oil-and-gas-reservoir-capacity/Wed, 13 Feb 2019 16:12:45 -0500The petroleum and natural gas that power engines and heat homes are extracted from the complex networks of nooks and crannies that permeate kerogen — a waxy organic …https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/dinosaur-soft-tissues-preserved-polymers/https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/dinosaur-soft-tissues-preserved-polymers/Wed, 13 Feb 2019 16:05:07 -0500Since 2005, several samples of ostensibly soft tissue, such as blood vessels and bits of organic bone material, have been gleaned from dinosaur bones. The finds have …https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/jump-starting-earthquake-insurance-uptake-california/https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/jump-starting-earthquake-insurance-uptake-california/Wed, 13 Feb 2019 16:01:27 -0500Many parts of California are at risk for large, damaging earthquakes. Yet only about one in 10 homes in the state is covered by earthquake insurance. Now, a new …https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/stronger-monsoon-drove-ancient-indus-civilization-hills/https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/stronger-monsoon-drove-ancient-indus-civilization-hills/Wed, 13 Feb 2019 15:57:41 -0500Roughly 4,000 years ago, the Indus River Valley was home to the advanced and thriving Harappa culture. But by 1800 B.C., the civilization’s sophisticated cities …https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/some-earths-water-originated-solar-systems-birth/https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/some-earths-water-originated-solar-systems-birth/Wed, 13 Feb 2019 15:52:20 -0500When Earth first formed, the oceans of water we know today were nowhere in sight. The long-standing consensus about where our planet’s water came from posits that it …https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/benchmarks-march-31-1933-civilian-conservation-corps-established/https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/benchmarks-march-31-1933-civilian-conservation-corps-established/Wed, 13 Feb 2019 15:23:50 -0500On Jan. 25, 1938, a heavy winter snowstorm struck Wisconsin, blocking the road connecting Blackwell to the nearest hospital 10 kilometers away in Laona. The storm …https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/down-earth-paleoanthropologist-and-underground-astronaut-lindsay-hunter/https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/down-earth-paleoanthropologist-and-underground-astronaut-lindsay-hunter/Wed, 13 Feb 2019 15:14:59 -0500In 2013, Lindsay Hunter found herself at a personal and professional crossroads. She had gone through a divorce, left the paleoanthropology doctoral program at the …https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/geomedia-books-how-rock-connects-us-shares-copper-country-geoheritage/https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/geomedia-books-how-rock-connects-us-shares-copper-country-geoheritage/Wed, 13 Feb 2019 15:04:12 -0500There is extensive literature on Michigan’s “Copper Country,” but most existing publications on the subject are either technical reports or anecdotal recountings of …https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/geomedia-books-witty-look-ends-world/https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/geomedia-books-witty-look-ends-world/Wed, 13 Feb 2019 14:59:21 -0500Our planet has been through some harrowing episodes, particularly in the form of mass extinctions since the advent of multicellular life. How organisms came to …https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/geologic-column-newspeak-kids/https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/geologic-column-newspeak-kids/Wed, 13 Feb 2019 14:52:35 -0500“Once upon a time, words began to vanish from the language of children. They disappeared so quietly that at first almost no one noticed — fading away like water on …https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/comment-after-disaster-should-you-gamble-returning-paradise-edition/https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/comment-after-disaster-should-you-gamble-returning-paradise-edition/Wed, 13 Feb 2019 14:39:02 -0500Rumor has it that Paradise, Calif., might have originally been named “Par-O-Dice,” after a saloon that was supposedly there during the gold rush days, when the …https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/travels-geology-finding-floridas-hidden-freshwater-gems/https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/travels-geology-finding-floridas-hidden-freshwater-gems/Wed, 13 Feb 2019 14:29:26 -0500As a child, my family and I often traveled to Florida to escape the chilly Virginia winters and enjoy the Sunshine State’s warm sunny beaches. Occasionally, we’d …https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/getting-there-and-getting-around-florida-0/https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/getting-there-and-getting-around-florida-0/Wed, 13 Feb 2019 14:18:07 -0500For travelers flying in from out of state, Florida has several major airports, including in Miami (MIA), Orlando (MCO) and Tampa (TPA), as well as numerous other …https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/how-become-cave-diver/https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/how-become-cave-diver/Wed, 13 Feb 2019 14:15:22 -0500While snorkeling the spring pools is cool (no pun intended), a more in-depth way to experience Florida’s freshwater springs is to scuba dive in them. However, …https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/juno-unveils-jupiters-secrets/https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/juno-unveils-jupiters-secrets/Wed, 13 Feb 2019 14:05:49 -0500The Roman god Jupiter was known for his dalliances with women other than his wife, the goddess Juno. Juno was not fooled, however. Although her husband might cloak …https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/citizen-science-and-art/https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/citizen-science-and-art/Wed, 13 Feb 2019 13:52:09 -0500Juno carries a visible light camera, JunoCam, which is intended primarily to take photos that, it’s hoped, will provoke public interest in Jupiter. The images sent …https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/deep-space-network/https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/deep-space-network/Wed, 13 Feb 2019 13:48:23 -0500Messages from Juno and other spacecraft in the far reaches of the solar system are relayed to scientists via NASA’s Deep Space Network (DSN), which was created in …https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/piecing-together-big-picture-coral-reef-health/https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/piecing-together-big-picture-coral-reef-health/Wed, 13 Feb 2019 13:40:43 -0500Today, news of damaged or devastated coral reefs has become commonplace. Reefs face many threats, including bleaching, disease, overfishing, pollution and even …