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19 Feb 2019
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Folding drone flies into tight spaces
Geoethics in the Field: Leading by Example
Grounding Asian jumping worms
Abiotic amino acid found in subseafloor rocks
Kerogen's nanostructure determines oil and gas reservoir capacity
Stronger monsoon drove ancient Indus civilization into the hills
Benchmarks: March 31, 1933: The Civilian Conservation Corps is established
Geomedia: Books: "How the Rock Connects Us" shares copper country geoheritage
Geomedia: Books: A witty look at "The Ends of the World"
Geologic Column: Newspeak for kids
Travels in Geology: Finding Florida's hidden freshwater gems
Getting there and getting around Florida
How to become a cave diver
Piecing together the big picture of coral reef health
Art joins science in coral communication
Hot but not bothered: Warm soils favor microbes with small genomes
Thirsty mantle: Subduction zones swallow more water than thought
Mineral Resource of the Month: Boron
Beryllium: the rain bringeth and the rain taketh away
Seismometers eavesdrop on glacial outburst flood
Easter Island inhabitants drank brackish water to survive
Lab-grown magnesite a boon for carbon sequestration?
Humans accidentally created new rivers in Europe
Archaeologists hit pay dirt in medieval latrines
Mighty Mekong cut by monsoon, not tectonics
Mediterranean heritage sites threatened by rising seas
Mineral Resource of the Month: Garnet
Geologic Column: Is this land really your land?
Travels in Geology: Mid-ocean volcanic excursion: The calderas and caldeiras of the Azores
Getting there and getting around Azores
Sounding Out Earth's Hum
Redefining Dinosaurs: Paleontologists are Shaking the Dinosaur Family Tree to its Roots
Melting glaciers shift Earth's axis
Ocean circulation change suffocating Gulf of St. Lawrence
Rising carbon dioxide may raise risk of nutrient deficiencies in humans
Columbia River basalts erupted faster than thought
Arctic warming causes Siberian cooling
Ancient collision left a bit of Europe behind in Britain
The geology of kidney stones revealed
Oman ophiolite suggests subduction started with a shove
Down to Earth With: Clay mineralogist Warren Huff
Geologic Column: Muinntir a' ghlinne so
Comment: How to tell a good science story
Our top tips for adding storytelling to your repertoire
Eyes in the sea: Swarms of floating robots observe the oceans
Travels in Geology: Lhasa, Tibet: Journey to the roof of the world
Getting there and getting around Tibet
Sulfides in thawing permafrost responsible for carbon dioxide release
Geomedia: Gifts: Holiday Gift Guide
Travels in Geology: Touring the Capital Geology of Washington, D.C.
Revealing the ghosts of glaciers past
"Critical Minerals" list snubs copper, sparks discussion of criticality
Survey says: U.S. lakes getting murkier
Bubbly discovery may impact volcanic hazard assessment
Did early agriculture knock the climate off track?
Science by floats
Southern Ocean is absorbing less carbon
Fats on Neolithic pottery pinpoint climate cooling event
Forecasting California's earthquake hazard
Antarctic rift was active more recently than thought
Geologic Column: Light amid the darkness: Celebrations during the winter solstice
Comment: Learning "Minecraft" as a forty-something proves the game can be an educational tool for all ages
Comment: National Geological Surveys: The past, present and future
Congress, states look to address impacts of ocean acidification
Mercury on the roof of the world
"Easy bake" fossils resemble real deal
Scientists discover granite crystallizes at lower temperatures
Gulf Stream eddies transport iron to North Atlantic subtropical gyre
Winter precipitation in southwestern U.S. tied to Kiwi Coast
Japanese diaries show sun's cycle sparks lightning on Earth
Getting There & Getting Getting Around Monti Sibillini National Park
Travels in Geology: Jewel of the Apennines: Italy's Monti Sibillini National Park
Going subterranean: Repurposed mines become innovative labs
Turning modern "eyes" on ancient sites
Algae ate themselves to death and caused a global extinction
Saharan dust a storm killer
Globe-trotting kelp set new world record
Underwater WiFi? Rising sea levels threaten physical internet
Benchmarks: November 16, 1990: Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary is established
Down to Earth With: Geologist Robert Brinkmann
Comment: Making social media work for scientists
Mineral Resource of the Month: Phosphate
Ecuadorian volcano plays its pipe
Monsoon strength affects global ice volumes, not vice versa?
Surfactants slow oceanic carbon dioxide uptake
Methane emissions offset some blue carbon burial benefits
Sipping carbon-neutral fuel from the atmosphere
Dry rivers secretly star in carbon cycle
Geologic Column: Bone up on your spooky geo-vocabulary this Halloween
Benchmarks: October 11, 1899: Second Boer War begins, fueled by discovery of gold
Ocean tide size linked to supercontinent cycle
Down to Earth With: Volcanologist Thorvaldur Thordarson
Getting There And Getting Around Rocky Mountain National Park
Travels in Geology: Roof of the Rockies: Trail Ridge Road
Dutch Masters: The Netherlands exports flood-control expertise
Comment: Why is it so hard to teach climate change?
Ice (Re)Cap: September 2018
European mammals will struggle under climate change
Ancient DNA reveals diversity of Southeast Asia
Mercury links Big Five extinction events
Sunstones useful as Viking-era GPS
New suspect emerges in theft of Earth's surface iron
Bolts of insight on earthly gamma ray showers
Gravity changes portended 2011 Tohoku earthquake
Great Barrier Reef has died and recovered before
Down to Earth With: Volcanologist Scott Rowland
Geologic Column: "Collect Rocks Day" offers opportunity for inspiration
Travels in Geology: The pyramids of Giza: Wonders of an ancient world
Getting There and Getting Around Cairo
Science as a family affair
Rivers in the sky: Improving predictions of atmospheric rivers to reduce risk
Mineral Resource of the Month: Tin
Searching for the volcanic origins of iron ore
Seismic waves are blind to water
A rocky source of nitrogen
Speartips point at south-to-north Clovis dispersal
Piecing together the puzzle of Pannotia
Charting 500 years of Mississippi floods
Cracking the temperature of columnar jointing
Mountaintops get less lonely for alpine plants
Geologic Column: The raw and the cooked
Place-based education: Teaching geoscience in the context of location and culture
Travels in Geology: From sea to sky in British Columbia
Getting There And Getting Around Vancouver
Sea-level rise could cut off wastewater service to millions in U.S.
Travels in Geology: Kilauea: Experiencing Pele's wrath through the eyes of a young geologist
Getting There and Getting Around Hawaii
The Sleeping Giants
Travels in Geology: To the top of Europe: Jungfrau, Switzerland
Walking with Dinosaur Bones
Making Jurassic Tracks in the Jura
Getting There And Getting Around Switzerland
Travels in Geology: Up to Michigan's U.P.
Getting There And Getting Around Michigan
Travels in Geology: Clear water and cataclysm at Oregon's Crater Lake
Getting There And Getting Around Oregon
Travels in Geology: Lower Engadine Valley, Switzerland
Getting There And Getting Around Zürich
Travels in Geology: Volcanoes, beaches and rainforests: Terrain hopping in Costa Rica
Getting There and Getting Around Costa Rica
Travels in Geology: Floods, Fires and Bears in Montana's Bitterroot Valley
Getting There and Getting Around Montana
Travels in Geology: Barbados: Ascending the sea-level staircase
Getting There and Getting Around Barbados
Revealing the ancient sea levels recorded in reefs
Travels in Geology: Unearthing the ghosts of Ghost Ranch, New Mexico
Get Dirty
Getting There and Getting Around Albuquerque
Travels in Geology: The Burren: Ireland's "Great Rock" Region
Getting There and Getting Around the Burren
Travels in Geology: Nova Scotia: A driving tour of Pangaea
Getting There and Getting Around Nova Scotia
Travels in Geology: Australia's Blue Mountains Delight the Senses
Getting There and Getting Around The Blue Mountains National Park
Travels in Geology: Florissant fossil beds: An Eocene time capsule
Getting There and Getting Around Colorado Springs
Travels in Geology: Soaking up the Dead Sea: A trip to Israel's salty sea is a geological and historical delight
Getting There and Getting Around Israel
The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah: Earthquakes or Volcanoes?
Travels in Geology: Ever-Changing Turkey
Getting There, Getting Around and Getting Informed
Travels in Geology: Mallorca set in stone
Getting There and Getting Around Mallorca
Travels in Geology: Exploring Vulcan's Playground: The Volcanoes of Southern Italy and the Aeolian Islands
Getting There and Getting Around Sicily
Travels in Geology: The desert geology of Namibia: A writer and her father explore otherworldly dunes, oases and meteorites
Getting There and Getting Around Namibia
The Skeleton Coast
Travels in Geology: Touring geologic time in Colorado Springs
Getting There and Getting Around Colorado
Travels in Geology: South Africa on safari for the geological Big Five
Getting There and Getting Around South Africa
Travels in Geology: Lake Tahoe Jewel of the Sierra Nevada
Getting There and Getting Around Nevada
Ice (Re)Cap: July 2018
Diamonds reveal water in deep mantle
Trio of studies track stone tool technology in Kenya
Did a massive eruption spur Christianity in Iceland?
Weedy seeds gathered in once-green Sahara
Yellowstone's Mexican mantle plume
Rolling thunder portends remote eruptions
India's urban areas punch city-shaped holes in fog
Cretaceous volcanic ash seeded U.S. oilfields
Comment: The changing shape of local climates
Geologic Column: Tarnish on the Golden State
Getting there and getting around England
Travels in Geology: Trapped by geology in Iceland with flights grounded by volcanic ash, one writer seeks out the island's geologic wonders
Getting There and Getting Around Iceland
Off the beaten path in the north of Iceland
Travels in Geology: Northeastern Australia's Atherton Tablelands young volcanoes, waterfalls and rainforest near the Great Barrier Reef
Getting There and Getting Around Cairns
Travels in Geology: Santorini: Dangerous volcano, postcard-perfect jewel of the Aegean
Getting There and Getting Around Greece
Getting There and Getting Around Chile
Travels in Geology: Chile: Exploring the archaeology, volcanoes and hot springs of the northern Atacama Desert
Travels in Geology: Going to extremes in Death Valley
Getting There and Getting Around California
Travels in Geology: Hiking Mount Nyiragongo in Virunga National Park, Congo
Getting There and Getting Around Africa
Visiting Virunga's gorillas
Travels in Geology: Utah: Exploring the scenic byways and slot canyons of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
Getting There and Getting Around southern Utah
Travels in Geology: Abode of the clouds: A journey to Meghalaya, India
Getting There and Getting Around India
Travels in Geology: Havasu Canyon: Land of blue-green water
The River Runners' Route
Getting There And Getting Around Arizona
Travels in Geology: Adventuring in upstate New York and remembering a life cut short
Getting There and Getting Around New York
Travels in Geology: Slickrock sojourn in Moab, Utah
Road biking in Moab
Getting There and Getting Around Utah
Travels in Geology: The ephemeral Florida Keys
Getting There and Getting Around Florida
Travels in Geology: The Canary Islands: Touring the "Hawaii of Europe"
Mass wasting
Getting There and Getting Around Spain
Travels in Geology: Exotic dunes and atomic bombs in New Mexico's White Sands
Missile testing
Getting There and Getting Around New Mexico
Writing on the Rocks
Travels in Geology: Western Nebraska's geoheritage gems
Getting There and Getting Around Nebraska
Travels in Geology: The wild east of Wyoming: Bone wars, outlaw hideouts and crack climbing
Boondocking 101: How to camp for free in Wyoming
Getting There and Getting Around Wyoming
Travels in Geology: The Bay of Kotor: Europe's southernmost "Fjord"
Getting There and Getting Around Croatia
Travels in Geology: A taste of Provence
Southern Rhone wines
Getting There and Getting Around France
Down to Earth With: John 'Jack' Reed Jr.
Down to Earth With: Maurice J. 'Ric' Terman
Down to Earth With: New congressional science fellows
Down to Earth With: Randy Olson
Down to Earth With: Ted Irving
Down to Earth With: Peter Brewer
Down to Earth With: Jessica Whiteside
Down to Earth With: Matt Kondolf
Down to Earth With: Mike Gallagher
Down to Earth With: Sharon Mosher
Down to Earth With: Todd Hoefen
Down to Earth With: Katerina Dontsova
Down to Earth With: Nick Brooks
Down to Earth With: Jeffrey Post
Down to Earth With: Dr. Jonathan Patz
Down to Earth With: Matthew Parker
Down to Earth With: Hope Jahren
When more humidity means less water
El Nino "flavors" affect California rainfall
Geologic evidence confirms existence of 405,000-year Milankovitch cycle
Geoscience on Film: The Burma Arc in Myanmar
Skate eggs found on hydrothermal vents
Are diatoms triggering submarine landslides?
Which warm waters boosted Hurricane Harvey?
From silver to snow: Full cloud seeding cycle observed
Lava shaped Lake Tahoe
Swelling clay slows landslides
Mineral Resource of the Month: Chromium
"Greening" stormwater in Philadelphia
Geologic Column: Rebranding Alexander
Travels in Geology: Rafting the Salmon River through the Idaho Batholith
Getting there and getting around Idaho
Fieldwork among the pixels: Virtual and augmented reality diversify geoscience education
Data-driven discovery reveals Earth's missing minerals
Geoscience on Film: Roadcuts and rockfalls in mountainous Mizoram
Geomedia: Television: "One Strange Rock" is Superlative
Geologic Column: A world without measure
Rising waters sink seafloors
Ice (Re)Cap: May 2018
Radium levels suggest Arctic Ocean chemistry is changing
Battery recycling underlies elevated lead in African soils
Unprecedented exploration of undersea volcano yields surprising results
World's longest underwater cave found in Mexico
Benchmarks: May 3, 2003: New Hampshire's Old Man of the Mountain falls
Travels in Geology: Northern Oman: Stunning canyons, towering dunes and the world's largest ophiolite
Getting there and getting around Oman
Oceanic crust in all its glory
Slumgullion: Colorado's natural 'lab' offers insights into landslides worldwide
From farm to filter: Restored wetlands remediate nitrogen pollution
Geomedia: Books: Solar eclipses past, present and future
Earth's "hum" heard at ocean bottom
Geologic Column: Over the hills and far away
Getting there and getting around the Causses
Pairing geoheritage and economic development: China's Guizhou Province offers a modern model
Benchmarks: April 4, 2011: Air France Flight 447 wreckage found using modern oceanography tools
Down to Earth With: Conservation engineer Emily Pidgeon
Chemical tipping point triggers eruptive transitions
No river meant no floods for ancient Indus settlements
Oldest "Third Pole" ice core recovered
Measuring earthquakes using fiber-optic cables
Surveying forests from afar
Globe-trotting bacteria found at both poles
LIP split by South Atlantic breakup was sourced from deep
Carbon emissions spike when continents rift
Down to Earth With: Award-winning sci-fi novelist Kim Stanley Robinson
Gyres spin up, currents get muddled
Disrupting the deep: Ocean warming reaches the abyss
Geomedia: On the Web: How will melting ice impact your city?
Geologic Column: Pie on Pi Day, and Einstein's lesser-known legacy
Getting There & Getting Around Corsica
Travels in Geology: Corsica: A fusion of cultures on the Mediterranean's most mountainous isle
Benchmarks: March 29, 1912: Scott's South Pole Journey Ends in Death
Geomedia: Books: "Aerial Geology": A stunning and informative addition to any coffee table
Geomedia: Books: "Half-Earth" is only half-compelling
Down to Earth With marine geoscientist Harold Tobin
Ice (Re)Cap: March 2018
Lakeshore shape influences lake-effect snow
Gettysburg rocks tell battlefield tales
Spawning salmon engineer landscapes
How do earthquakes impact landslides?
Isotopes reveal sources of centuries-old alabaster artifacts
Meteorite impacts may have kick-started ancient subduction
Coal formation nearly froze Earth
Greenland's growing deltas: Combining historical and modern imagery to decode change in a telltale Arctic landscape
Double-dip La Nina blamed for Colorado's dry winter
No river meant no floods for ancient Indus settlements
Geologic Column: Travels with Claudia: Rediscovering America
Travels in Geology: Las Vegas: The scenery beyond the slots
Mediterranean drawdown may have caused burst of volcanism
Benchmarks: February 12, 1986: France and the U.K. sign the Treaty of Canterbury, paving the way for the Chunnel
Looking under Lusi: Indonesian mud volcano linked to nearby volcanic complex
Geomedia: Books: Putting 'Seeds on Ice' to protect crop diversity
Fossil reefs show sea level rose in bursts
Ice age didn't freeze Florida's category 5 hurricanes
Mineral Resource of the Month: Titanium
Mineral Resource of the Month: Zinc
Mineral Resource of the Month: Strontium
Mineral Resource of the Month: Silicon
Mineral Resource of the Month: Fluorspar
Congress mulls options for abandoned mines legislation
Beavers preserve wetlands in water-stressed areas
Isotopes suggest ancient turquoise mine was prolific
Unexpected nanoparticles trace coal pollution
Mediterranean tsunami record may be overreported
Small warm ponds: Ideal incubators for first life?
Down to Earth With: Wildfire meteorologist Craig Clements
Dividing line: The past, present and future of the 100th Meridian
A flammable planet: Fire finds its place in Earth history
Down to Earth With Kateryna Klochko
Driftwood reveals ancient Arctic currents and sea-ice levels
Travels in Geology: Roaming the rocky coastline of Downeast Maine
Benchmarks: January 25, 1968: The last firefall: A Yosemite tradition flames out
Ice (Re)Cap: January 2018
Western wildfires affect water quality
Geologic Column: Celebrating Old Rock Day
Impact signature in rock produced by lightning strikes
In feats of tectonic strength, grain size matters
From space to village: NASA's SERVIR program brings a big picture to local communities
In the lab, machine learning improves quake forecasts
Turkey DNA reveals Mesa Verde denizens moved to New Mexico
Nautical charts reveal coral decline around Florida Keys
Earthquakes shaped ancient Greek culture
Volcanism spiked global temps during past hothouse
New Zealand quake triggers two large slow-slip events
Geologic Column: Dams in distress
Down to Earth With: Volcanologist Jess Phoenix
Comment: Making the first (and last) geoscience class count
Travels in Geology: The geological riches of Quebec's Gaspé Peninsula
Geomedia: Gifts: Holiday Gift Guide
Benchmarks: December 5, 1952: The Great Smog smothers London
Comment: Arctic warming and midlatitude weather: Is there a connection?
Red Planet Roundup: December 2017
What drives hot spots of sea-level rise?
Caldera clays may hold key to lithium independence
Antimony may have poisoned Pompeii's drinking water
Volcanic activity contributed to first of the "Big Five" mass extinctions
Imaging Iceland's volcanic roots
Alaskan subduction zone mirrors Tohoku zone that unleashed tsunami
Marine megafaunal extinction discovered
Desktop seismology: How a maker-inspired device is changing seismic monitoring
Bare Earth Elements: Bone up on your spooky geo-vocabulary this Halloween
Benchmarks: November 18, 1929: Turbidity currents snap trans-Atlantic cables
Geologic Column: Giving Konrad Zuse his due
Getting there and getting around Scotland's Southwestern Islands
Travels in Geology: The diverse geology, landscapes and whiskys of Scotland's Southwestern Islands
Comment: The Congressional ecosystem: A paleontologist's perspective
Down to Earth With: Deep-sea biologist Stace Beaulieu
Ice (Re)Cap: November 2017
Microbes influence ooid formation
Northern Finns didn't starve during Little Ice Age
Can distant earthquakes trigger submarine landslides?
How long will the lava flow? Predicting eruption durations with satellite monitoring
Mangroves sprouted in Arctic during Eocene
Microbes care about energy efficiency
Pharmaceuticals in urban sediments reveal wastewater treatment effectiveness
Limestone reservoirs boost volcanic carbon emissions
New method offers improved monitoring of Kilauea
Down to Earth With: Alexander Stewart
Geologic Column: A masochist hikes through the heather
Water weight and surface rebound trigger small quakes in California
First complete DNA sequences from Egyptian mummies
Mapping Louisiana's disappearing shoreline
Lollipop-shaped ice found in clouds
Solar-powered paint could produce hydrogen for fuel
Minerals deformed by meteorites reveal age of impact
Geomedia: Radio: "Big Picture Science" aptly named
Travels in Geology: Cones and craters in Flagstaff, Arizona
New map of Arctic geology published
How the Arctic became salty
Comment: The Anthropocene: Foregone or premature conclusion? Examining the ethical implications of naming a new epoch
Comment: Providing resources for future generations - Technical and human challenges
Glass shards reveal a fiery history in Ethiopia
Volcanism triggered end-Triassic extinction
Jerusalem tower facelift reveals it's 1,000 years younger
Down to Earth With: Evan Thomas
Down To Earth With: John Underhill
Getting there and getting around Patagonia
Venturing into Argentina
Travels in Geology: Patagonia: The ends of the earth
Ancient wildfires suggest rising atmospheric oxygen helped end past ocean anoxia
Getting there and getting around Bolivia's Antiplano
Travels in Geology: Sky-high adventure on Bolivia's Altiplano
Geologic Column: Musings on the autumn equinox
Comment: A pitch to study BREW: The beer-renewable energy-water nexus
Down to Earth With: Paleontologist Lisa D. White
Benchmarks: September 23, 1806: Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery returns from the West
Ice (Re)Cap: September 2017
Dehydrated sediment layer made Sumatra quake stronger
Reconstructing ancient oxidant levels and their climatic effects
Coatings may prevent pipeline clogs
A mammoth king: Was the legend of King Hygelac in "Beowulf" inspired by a fossil find?
Earthquakes make volcanoes more — and less — gassy
Transylvanian ice cave reveals European winter climate record
Young Costa Rican lavas might reflect pockets of primordial mantle
Geologic Column: Alternative history: Earth in a funhouse mirror
Down to Earth With: Cave microbiologist Hazel Barton
Evidence of devastating drought found beneath the Dead Sea
Eavesdropping on Old Faithful
Nineteenth-century cows muddied Southern California continental shelf
Getting there and getting around Austria's Salzkammergut
Travels in Geology: Austria's Salzkammergut: World heritage preserved in salt
Delusions of grandeur in building a low-carbon future
Bottom dropping out of coral reefs
In a position to lead: How military technology and innovation can ease the world's water challenges
Getting there and getting around Grand Junction, Colorado
Travels in Geology: A tale of two rivers: Grand Junction, Colorado
Geologic Column: Volcanoes: Awesome and dangerous
Down to Earth With: Paleoclimatologist Gifford H. Miller
Geomedia: Mixed media: Geo-art collaboration shifts perspectives on earth materials
Ice (Re)Cap: July 2017
New global volcanic emissions map debuts
Magnetic method dates glacial floods in Iceland
Evolution of eyes, not limbs, led fish onto land
New cloud types recognized
Northeast and Midwest U.S. projected to warm faster than national average
Platinum may point to impact theory for Younger Dryas
Comment: A moving target: What you need to know about drone regulations
The only Earth: Exploring the link between plate tectonics and life on the blue planet
Whirling "gravel devils" show wind can carry more than just sand
Burying the sky: Turning carbon dioxide into rock
"The Himalaya Connection": Telling a story of geoscientific exploration on film
Getting there and getting around Kalahari
Travels in Geology: Tracking African animals and deranged drainages across the Kalahari
Benchmarks: June 1977: First Excavations at Nebraska's Ashfall Fossil Beds
Down to Earth With: Biogeochemist Stephen MacAvoy
The mackerel year: Tambora changed how New England fished
Monsoon shifts shaped early Chinese cultures
Ups and downs of potassium feldspar may play role in clouds and climate
Timing of famed "Millennium Eruption" pinpointed
Comment: Kitchen counter geology: Bringing rock identification to a new audience
1883 sea rescue informs new model of wind-wave interactions
When and how did plate tectonics begin on Earth?
Meteorites did not spark Ordovician biodiversification
"Blob"-related warming contributed to Pacific Northwest ozone spike
Tibetan Plateau populated long before advent of agriculture
Silk Road routes may have followed the herds
And then there was one: Ceres' disappearing ice volcanoes
Geomedia: Film: 'Written on Water': A Modern Tale of a Dry West
Sea-surface temperatures during last interglacial similar to modern day
Fossil forest recorded ancient sunspots
Grapes reveal impacts of sulfur-rich Samalas eruption on 13th-century climate
Travels in Geology: Geo-diversity and geologic history in the North West Highlands of Scotland
Did Jurassic tectonics lead to supergiant oilfields?
Venezuela, Central Africa are Earth's lightning hot spots
Tropical rainfall shifts resulted in greener Sahara
Massive dust storm caused by climate, not conflict
Neonicotinoids: Prominent pesticides escape into the environment
Six new deep-sea species discovered
Breakup of Pangea led to thicker oceanic crust
Shale boom could fuel batteries
Geologic Column: Evolution of an ape-man
To find a mate, go big or go small, just don't go medium
Soil acidity changes quickly from place to place
Maui reef degradation linked to contamination in coastal groundwater
Seafloor volcanism linked to glacial cycles
Getting there and getting around Easter Island
Travels in Geology: Easter Island's enduring enigmas
El Niño gets animated
White Cliffs of Dover on the retreat
Tectonics trigger underwater volcanism
Geomedia: Radio: "The Infinite Monkey Cage" takes listeners to the edge of the universe and beyond
Early spring thaw triggers Arctic greenhouse gas release
Pyroclastic flows, not caldera collapse, caused Santorini tsunamis
Earth's magnetic field illuminates ocean temperatures
How soil management could help reduce greenhouse gas concentrations
Getting there and getting around Mount Katahdin
Travels in Geology: Exploring Maine's magnificent Mount Katahdin
Ice (Re)Cap: March 2017
Life on land 300 million years earlier than thought
Beneath one volcano, enough water to fill Lake Superior
Geologic Column: Rebirth on the vernal equinox
Down to Earth With: Cave scientist and paleoclimatologist Kathleen Johnson
Geomedia: Film: Exploring Florida's aquifers with filmmaker Tom Fitz
Early Pacific seafarers set sail in El Niño years
Ants developed farming millions of years ago
Early humans dealt with Ethiopian supervolcanoes
To cool the planet, volcanoes of the future will need more firepower
Broadening ocean current could carry less heat poleward with climate change
A mysterious first
Getting there and getting around the Dead Sea rift
Travels in Geology: The Dead Sea Rift: Salty soaks and ancient earthquakes in a storied land
Geologic Column: The gift of intelligence
Benchmarks: February 5, 1931 and February 20, 1935: Antarctic firsts for women
Down to Earth With: Mountain biking geologist Kurt Refsnider
Geomedia: Books: Exploring "The Worst of Times"
Liverworts, not moss, dominated Earth's early terrestrial ecosystems
Comment: Crazy times in the Arctic
Small floods can carve big canyons
Robotic mussels track temperature change
Downgrading the Great Dying
Fungi stabilize steep slopes
Monkeys smash stone tool theories
Comment: High school earth and space science should be taught by geoscientists
A new — and more toxic — normal? Harmful algal blooms find new habitats in changing oceans
Geomedia: Music: The sounds of the sea
Comment: Will we eliminate Earth's Ice-Age cycle?
Down to Earth With: Paleoclimatologist Raymond S. Bradley
Geologic Column: New Year's as we know it is new
Busy as a bee: New species of bee quarries into sandstone
Supernova explosion detected in Early Pleistocene sediments
Earth's largest jet stream unexpectedly disrupted
Current marine extinction unprecedented
Ant bodies shaped by environment
Getting there and getting around Shetland
Travels in Geology: Scotland's stunning Shetland
Panama's isthmus stays 3 million years young: Further evidence needed to support an older age
Slow-moving slides may be triggered by cold temperatures
Green corridors led humans out of Africa
Mysterious Antarctic algae blown in by high winds
Rethinking Pangea? Ancient ocean crust challenges supercontinent theory
An undersea volcano yields its secrets
Seafloor topography drives Earth's great conveyor belt
Wintering in the high Arctic reveals surprising results
A story in the sediment: Emperor Yu's "Great Flood" may have been real
Geologic Column: Conscious landscapes: Thinking like a septic tank
Comment: To intervene or not to intervene: Improving the environment
Down to Earth With: Underwater cave explorer Jill Heinerth
Getting there and getting around Patagonia
Travels in Geology: Exploring an icon of Patagonia: Chile's Torres del Paine National Park
Geomedia: Gifts: Holiday Gift Guide
Ice (Re)Cap: December 2016
Coral Reef Roundup: December 2016
Nutrient deficiency delayed life after mass extinction
Small-scale factors influence mantle flow under the seafloor
Tilted Himalayan temples hold clues to past shaking
Cloud feedbacks drive climate sensitivity
Why tectonic plates lurch forward when they break
Ancient plankton communities stressed before mass extinction
The path to gypsum is four steps long
Persistent Pacific warmth overshadows El Niño
Frosted forams foil radiocarbon dating
Geologic Column: Digital divorce!
Comment: Understanding Earth in the wider sense of science
Down to Earth With: Volcanologist Kayla Iacovino
Toad behavior linked to climate change
New magma chamber discovered beneath New Zealand
Cave dripwater records wildfires
Electric fields lift dust into the air at massive scales
When Earth hit the reset button on life: New research on the Permian-Triassic mass extinction
Today's weather forecast: Good with a strong chance of improvement
Ancient landslide gave us Zion Canyon
Travel specs
Celebrity climb
Travels in Geology: Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro: From parasitic cones to equatorial glaciers
Travels in Geology: The Midwest's Little Egypt
Travels in Geology: Gubbio, Italy: A geologist's mecca
Ice (Re)Cap: October 2016
Water use soared as workers flocked to North Dakota's oilfields
Geologic Column: Proposing a new U.S. Holiday: Explorers' Day
Comment: Did life start on a snowball?
Benchmarks: October 2, 1574: Dutch unleash the ocean as a weapon of war
Geomedia: Books: "Alfred Wegener": The definitive biography of a geoscience star
Getting there and getting around Guatemala's Volcan Pacaya
Travels in Geology: Guatemala's Volcan Pacaya: A feast for the senses
Clouds can form without particles
Tectonic rejuvenation in North America's ancient mountains
California drought stops slow-moving landslides
Early Earth's atmosphere weighed half as much
Junk gem reveals new diamond-forming process
Bad weather hampered Mongol invasion of Europe
Thirsty business: How the tech industry is bracing for a water-scarce future
Exploring the newest gift to America: Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument
Benchmarks: October 1, 1960: Camp Century, a cold war ice fortress is built
Benchmarks: September 23, 1933: The U.S. oil industry arrives in Saudi Arabia
Benchmarks: August 24, 1873: The Mount of the Holy Cross is found, photographed and mapped
Travels in Geology: Limestone and legends in Northern Vietnam
Down to Earth With: Hydrogeologist Shemin Ge
Geologic Column: The notion of mantle plumes
Comment: Mudrock cement and the importance of basic research
The current extinction of life will leave a scant fossil record
Observers at the edge of the ice: Smaller, cheaper machines can safely go where humans can't
Zircons hold clues to early Earth
Tiny ocean bacteria could play big role in climate
Earthworms build big mounds to escape floodwaters
Bubble accumulation could explain massive volcanic sulfur releases
Mantle convection makes Earth's crust bob
Benchmarks: July 1, 1912: Hawaiian Volcano Observatory officially becomes the first of its kind in U.S.
Geomedia: Film: A glimpse into the geology of 'Star Trek Beyond'
Ice (Re)Cap: August 2016
Mauna Loa's mysterious Ninole Hills were once a rift
Benchmarks: August 25, 1916: The National Park Service is established
Geologic Column: Editia elegantis: A story of science, discovery and the elegance of a wife's contribution
Geomedia: Books: 'FORE' helps you project the future, with a laugh
Down to Earth With: National Park Service Geologic Resources Division chief David Steensen
Teaching geology to biologists: An essay on an interdisciplinary field trip in Africa
Researchers profile magma chamber beneath North Korean volcano
Volcanoes and historical politics
Getting there and getting around Zermatt
Drilling for gold inside a submarine volcano
Snake River eruption history offers glimpse into Yellowstone hot spot dynamics
Ocean acidification worsens overnight along California coast
Asian bats resist white nose fungus
Jawless fish more like jawed fish than thought
Denisovan DNA found in modern Pacific Islanders, ancient Spaniards
Artists draw inspiration from fire and ash
Travels in Geology: Zermatt: Europe meets Africa in Switzerland's iconic Alps
Giant turbidite in Mediterranean Sea linked to ancient earthquake and tsunami
Why is a gallon of gas cheaper than a gallon of milk?
Geoscience on Film: Innovation meets tradition for earthquake safety
On the trail of Hannibal's army - and elephants - in the Alps
Illustrating Geology: Great images that transformed the field
Benchmarks: March 1961: Project Mohole undertakes the first deep-ocean drilling
Geoscience on Film: Soaking in beautiful Bhutan
Benchmarks: October 1904: Mineralogy solves a murder
Benchmarks: August 1576: False gold found in Meta Incognita
Late Antique Little Ice Age underpinned unrest and upheaval in Europe and Asia
Getting there and getting around Michigan
Legend of the Sleeping Bear
Geoscience on Film: The view from outside Kathmandu
Geoscience on Film: Revisiting an earthquake-ravaged region, one year on
Benchmarks: January 23, 1960: Humans reach the deepest point on Earth
The first dinner in a beast
Benchmarks: December 31, 1853: Dinner in a dinosaur
Benchmarks: November 27, 1873: Red River logjam removed for good
From science to science fiction
Benchmarks: October 13, 1947: A disaster with Project Cirrus
Travels in Geology: Sculptures of wind and ice: Sleeping Bear Dunes and Pictured Rocks National Lakeshores
Geology shaped outcomes of Civil War battles
Geologic Column: The dog days of July
Comment: What's a map worth? The big cost and bigger benefit of three-dimensional elevation data
Iron meteorites likely hidden below Antarctic ice
Slow-moving super-eruptions still travel great distances
Weak magnetic field may have triggered Earth's first mass extinction
Take a stand (or sit) for better water quality management
'P' is for phosphate: Could urine solve a fertilizer shortage?
Searching for the ancestors of meandering rivers
A new gravity map of Earth
A labyrinth of silver mines uncovered on the shores of the Aegean Sea
Geomedia: Television: 'NOVA' for the earth science enthusiast
Benchmarks: September 21, 1930: Alfred Wegener begins a fateful polar expedition
Getting there and getting around Turkey
Benchmarks: June 4, 1783: The era of aviation launches with the first balloon flight
Seeing the seafloor in high definition: Modern mapping offers increasing clarity on Earth's vast underwater landscape
Ice (Re)Cap: June 2016
Underwater Roman marble traced to Greece, Italy and Turkey
Social trends and shifting climates had complex effects in medieval Italy
Above oil seeps, photosynthetic life flourishes
Measuring rising seas is tricky in deltas
Lack of fungi did not lead to copious Carboniferous coal
Radar reveals unmarked graves
Mesa Arch's 'hum' measured to track health of rock structure
Giant icebergs spur carbon storage in Southern Ocean
Down to Earth With: Ethnogeologist Steven Semken
Did the Medieval Warm Period welcome Vikings to Greenland?
Growth rings in rocks reveal past climate
Looking for life in coldest, driest Antarctica
Fish evolved quickly after earthquake
Geologic Column: May: Nature's forces in collision
Mercury levels support volcanic role in end-Cretaceous extinction
First all-digital geologic map of Alaska released
Reading the ridges: Are climate and the seafloor connected?
Magnesium part of Earth's magnetic field engine
Model targets better understanding of recurring Indian-Pacific storm systems
Humans evolved early to be more efficient sleepers
The softer side of hydrothermal vents
Benchmarks: April 22, 1995: GLOBE is launched
Down to Earth With: Tectonicist Eldridge Moores
Geologic Column: At the end of the Earth
Ice (Re)Cap: April 2016
Comment: How long have humans been altering Earth's climate?
An absentee note for ancient blueschist: Lack of metamorphic rock does not date onset of plate tectonics
North Sea uplift caused Jurassic cooling event
Going with the flow: Mapping the mantle under the Cascadia Subduction Zone
Underground ants can't take the heat
Travels in Geology: Gotland getaway: Sweden's 'tropical' escape in the Baltic
The ups and downs of an island
Geologic Column: Blockbuster solutions
Down to Earth With: Glaciologist Ted Scambos
Comment: How 'Frankenstein' prevents us from tackling climate change
Himalayas get a new birthdate
Geomedia: Books: The danger of anti-data ideologies is explored in 'Denying Science'
Travels in Geology: The King's Highway: The crossroads of ancient Jordan
Getting there and getting around Jordan
Volcanic aerosols not enough to cause mass extinctions?
Uranium contamination in aquifers could be linked to nitrate
Volcanic eruptions affect rivers around the world
Siwash Rock as an urban geoheritage icon
Urban type sections
Urban geology: An emerging discipline in an increasingly urbanized world
Fire-fountain carbon sheds light on lunar origins
Down to Earth With: Yosemite's first park geologist Greg Stock
Geomedia: Apps: Join the crowd: Introducing a new generation of geo-apps
Getting there and getting around Kentucky's Red River Gorge
Miguel, and trad versus sport climbing
Travels in Geology: Rocks and Climbing at Kentucky's Red River Gorge
Ice (Re)Cap: February 2016
UNESCO adopts Global Geoparks Program
D.C. wastewater no longer going to waste
Getting there and getting around peninsular Greece
Travels in Geology: Peninsular Greece: A gorgeous state of collapse
Benitoite: A rare gemstone
Atmosphere, more than ocean, might drive Atlantic climate variation
Irrigation drives rain away in East Africa
How deep do the Alps go?
Land plants came prepared for terrestrial life
Permian-Triassic extinctions timed differently on land and at sea
Impact or eruptions: Are both to blame in the great end-Cretaceous whodunit?
How to feed 11 billion people: Addressing the 21st century's biggest challenge
Geologic Column: Decades later, Mr. Keene's earth science class sticks with me
Benchmarks: January 10, 2013: Pinnacles National Park is founded
Energy Notes: June 2014 - 2015
Mineral Resource of the Month: Iron and Steel Slag
Sierra Nevada snowpack lowest in 500 years
Oceanographers solve mysterious beach explosion
Sunlight liberates nitrogen from urban grime
Midwest's hybrid rift formed in three stages
Down to Earth With: GEO Secretariat Director Barbara Ryan
Is aviation 'whitening' the sky?
Subseafloor biosphere extended to greatest depth yet
Magnetic field around since Hadean
Ancient African villages shed light on Earth's magnetic field
Lake sediments suggest mild volcanic winter after massive Toba eruption
What lies below?
The question of mantle plumes
Comment: GSW: A celebrated society celebrates its 1,500th meeting
Benchmarks: August 1975: Geotimes magazine inspires name of rock formation: A Q&A with Tony Alabaster
Benchmarks: August 2, 1922: Marines invade Teapot Dome, deepen scandal
Getting there and getting around Sedona
Travels in Geology: Sedona: A journey to the edge of a supercontinent
Public improvements, private funding
Benchmarks: December 10, 1930: Seattle's Denny Hill disappears
Geomedia: Gifts: Holiday Gift Guide
Geomedia: Television: 'NOVA: Making North America' Is Flashy, But Fails on Storytelling
Ice (Re)Cap: December 2015
Balanced boulders in earthquake country highlight interconnected faults
Chinese cave art reveals record of climate change
Ocean oxygen levels control seafloor carbon burial
Human hands not most advanced
No laughing matter: Ocean nitrous oxide emissions greater than thought
Wormholes may limit landslides
Comment: Pipe Dreams: What have we learned from the Volkswagen Clean-Diesel scandal?
Geologic Column: The beginning of "time" as we know it
Solar flare calibration reveals past patterns of volcanism and cooling
Due diligence in river incision data
Warty algae-like sheets survived Snowball Earth events
Isotopes could reveal ancient American turquoise trade
Opalescent pools shimmer beneath Santorini
Gain some, lose some
Benchmarks: June 30, 1972: Timekeepers add first "leap second" to clocks
Benchmarks: May 18, 1952: Stonehenge's age solved with Carbon-14
The Washington Monument's Apex
March 23, 1821: Bauxite Discovered
Benchmarks: January 13, 1404: England prohibits Alchemy
Marine microorganisms drive summer clouds over Southern Ocean
Fossil fuels diluting atmospheric radiocarbon
Ancient lakes may have been refuges for early life
Geologic Column: Thanksgiving's unsung hero
Comment: Remarkable geology sets new Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument apart
Flaring our way out of a water crisis
Getting there and getting around Cyprus
Northern Cyprus' "Peace Water" Pipeline
Travels in Geology: Cyprus: Island of Oceanic Crust
Down to Earth With: Geophysicist Julian Lozos
Geomedia: Film: Banff Mountain Film Festival is geologic showcase
Peculiar shape of hair ice linked to fungus
Tree of life reshaped
Travertine buildup reflects ancient Rome's water usage
Finding and tracking conflict minerals in the heart of darkness
Campi Flegrei makes its own concrete caprock
Subducted seawater the source of fluid-rich diamonds
Benchmarks: December 4, 1992: The Seattle Fault Zone is described
Benchmarks: February 3, 1953: Jacques Cousteau's "The Silent World" is published, opening a window on the underwater world for millions
Benchmarks: March 1913: The first complete geologic timescale is published
Benchmarks: April 1916: "Jingo the Stegosaurus" campaigns to keep the U.S. out of World War I
Ice (Re)Cap: October 2015
Kennewick Man related to modern Native Americans
Ancient asteroids boiled Earth's oceans
Source of Red Sea's mysterious cannon earthquakes revealed
Aerosols help mitigate ill effects of Amazon fires
Energy Notes: March 2014-2015
Mineral Resource of the Month: Iodine
Step one: Soil testing
Down to Earth With: Glaciologist Erin Pettit
Sculpting the Alps
Declining U.S. water use a challenge for models
Getting there and getting around Hells Canyon
Damming the salmon
Travels in Geology: Rafting the Pacific Northwest's heavenly Hells Canyon
Jelly volcano reveals eruption trigger
Injection experiment offers new view of fluid-filled faults
Benchmarks: December 1, 1959: Antarctic Treaty Signed
Benchmarks: October 9, 1865: First Successful U.S. Oil Pipeline
Benchmarks: September 16, 1987: Montreal Protocol Signed
Arctic climate change marked by warmer, wetter conditions
Hazardous Living: Maps, according to geologists
Getting there and getting around the Whitsundays
Travels in Geology: Australia's Whitsunday Islands: Sun, sand and silicic volcanism
Ultraviolet lights the way for rare earth recycling
Sea-level rise accelerating
Ocean 'sneezes' spread algae-infecting virus
Seismometers listen for falling rocks
Map shows where lightning zaps most
Energy Notes: February 2014-2015
Mineral Resource of the Month: Bromine
Geologic Column: September 26, 1774: The man, the myth, the legend of Johnny Appleseed is born
Down to Earth With: Engineer Jeffrey Bielicki
Volcanic lightning turns ash into glass
Geomedia: Toys: LEGO® geoscientists break through the brick ceiling
Fate of atolls not necessarily tied to sea-level rise
Thorny plant marks West African diamond deposits
Trip-planning resources
Geology for everyone: Making the field accessible
Getting there and getting around Texas' Trans-Pecos
Beached iceberg alters Antarctic marine communities
Bechmarks: June 1, 1873: The Modoc-Lava Beds War Ends
Energy Notes: January 2014-2015
Mineral Resource of the Month: Gemstones
Ice (Re) Cap: August 2015
Early Earth enriched by iron rain
Southbound icebergs off the hook for ice-age cooling
Stalled slabs sometimes stopped by mineral strengthening
Bark beetles not to blame for big fires?
Nonnative plants not a problem in Britain
As an aerosolizer, dust devils demoted
Widening the window of human dispersal into Arabia
Brachiopod die-off signaled mid-Permian mass extinction
Geologic Column: Field Sketches
Aquifers contaminated by Supertyphoon Haiyan storm surge
Benchmarks: August 3, 1958: USS Nautilus crosses the North Pole
Geomedia: Books: Iceland's eruption of biblical proportions explored in 'Island on Fire'
Travels in Geology: Touring Texas' Trans-Pecos
The Arctic is open for research
Endangered Icebreakers: The future of Arctic research, exploration and rescue at risk
Racing to the future of automotive efficiency and performance
Deforestation hangs climate out to dry
Wind whips canyons into shape
Did crustal chemistry buoy Western Plains?
Laser experiments illuminate landslide physics
Soil may supply surging streams after earthquakes
Great drying led to great dying down under
Introducing Earth's inner inner core
Sediment load shapes rivers
Hydrogen chloride on the rise in Northern Hemisphere skies
Comment: The arrival of the energy future
Down to Earth With: Geophysicist Peter Molnar
Getting there and getting around the Catskill Mountain Front
Travels in Geology: Hiking the Catskill Mountain Front
Geoheritage: Preserving Earth's legacy
Tools of the trade
Studies re-examine how major copper deposits form
Science Illustrators: Making the invisible visible
Ice (Re) Cap: June 2015
Colonial mining left its mark in Andean ice cores
Monkeys in the New World earlier than thought
Getting to the bottom of a tectonic plate
Counting 'tree' rings in fish skulls provides climate clues
California's big trees dying of thirst
Geomedia: On the web: Personalizing drought data with digital tools
Megafloods mostly shaped Icelandic canyon landscape
Giant bolide hit South Africa 2.5 billion years ago
Did volcanism drive Earth into global glaciation?
Iraq's biggest dam on unsure footing
Earth's most abundant mineral finally gets a name
Pre-settlement erosion rates illuminated
Energy Notes: November 2013-2014
Mineral Resource of the Month: Iron oxide pigments
Benchmarks: June 1,1840: Setting out for the Copper Country
Down to Earth With: Marine Geophysicist Maya Tolstoy
Geologic Column: On the Summer Solstice
Travels in Geology: Glaciers and grapes in South Australia
And best picture goes to...'Dante's Peak'
Rock stars: Geologists on the silver screen
Shrinking snowpack projected in western U.S. as rain-snow boundary climbs higher
Ancient moss reveals tsunami timing
More warming may mean more lightning
Yosemite's cliffs in retreat
Could U.S. phosphate deposits help meet growing rare earth demand?
Geologic Column: The Rumpelstiltskin Factor
Comment: When scientists come under legal attack
Geoscience on Film: A parting ode to an awe-inspiring land
Some coral reefs bounce back after bleaching
Bird genomes untangle branches of avian family tree
Geoscience on Film: Of tides and tigers in the world's largest river delta
Geomedia: Books: Breaking New Ground
Getting there and getting around Nepal
Of temperature and tone: Has climate shaped human languages?
Travels in Geology: A trek through Himalayan geology in Nepal
Geoscience on Film: Traversing the contours and culture of an ancient delta
Geoscience on Film: Setting the scene amid extreme tectonic and sedimentary processes
Peak's appeal - and hazard - endures today
Benchmarks: April 12, 1934: Record winds buffet Mount Washington
Ice (Re) Cap: April 2015
Rome's hidden water trade led to glory, maybe ruin
One-two punch of past warming may hold lessons
Methane be dammed!
Getting there and getting around the Andean Volcanoes
Andean ski volcanoes
Did a geographic shift trigger the Cambrian Explosion?
Geologic Column: Nature for couch potatoes
Geomedia: Books: Rediscovering the science behind Thoreau's 'Walden'
Can dam releases restore river ecosystems?
Travels in Geology: Skiing into the heart of an Andean Volcano
Kamikaze typhoons spared Japan from Kublai Khan
Thank subduction for Earth's nitrogen-rich air
Lidar reveals Roman gold mines
Sharks collect storm data
Comment: Rebuilding geology faculty in Afghanistan
Mineral Resource of the Month: Silver
March 29, 1936: Notes on Earth's Inner Core
Down to Earth With: Mineralogist George W. Robinson
A tantalizing treasure
On the trail of treasure in the Rocky Mountains
Mineral Resource of the Month: Thallium
Energy Notes: August 2012-2013
Mineral Resource of the Month: Phosphate Rock
Energy Notes: September 2012-2013
Energy Notes: October 2012-2013
Mineral Resource of the Month: Talc
Mineral Resource of the Month: Wollastonite
Energy Notes: December 2012-2013
Mineral Resource of the Month: Selenium
Down to Earth With: Deanna D'Alessandro
Down to Earth With: The Swindling Geologist
Down to Earth With: Matt Kuchta
Down to Earth With: Pat Pringle
Down to Earth With: Lee Allison
Down to Earth With: Geologist Kyle House
Did three convicts survive their escape from Alcatraz? Modern modeling adds to a decades-old mystery
Down to Earth With: Glaciologist Richard Alley
Down to Earth With: Snow Hydrologist Jeff Dozier
Down to Earth With: Geomorphologist Gregory Tucker
Getting there and getting around Bermuda
Ice (Re) Cap: February 2015
Wealth of seafloor features emerges from new survey
New nationwide soil map available online
North American terranes not so exotic after all
Mantle plume alternative explains Australian volcanism
Scientists complete a global inventory of lakes
Icebergs were the original Florida snowbirds
Geologic Column: February 2: A day long celebrated for its seasonal ties
Energy Notes: August 2013-2014
Mineral Resource of the Month: Antimony
Benchmarks: February 17, 1977: Hydrothermal vents are discovered
Down to Earth With: Glaciologist Lonnie Thompson
Travels in Geology: Navigating the rocks, reefs and waters of Bermuda
Pentagon report calls for military to prepare for climate change
New tracers can identify fracking fluids
The amazing minerals of the Larsemann Hills
Protecting the mineral treasures of Antarctica's Larsemann Hills
Bare Earth Elements: Past and present directors dissect the future of USGS
Down to Earth With: Bruce Benson
Satellites - not just Santa - see holiday lights
Down to Earth With: Lawson Brigham
Hazard lingers after South Napa earthquake
Down to Earth With: James Balog
Down to Earth With: James White
Down to Earth With: Anna Henderson
Down to Earth With: Tanya Atwater
Down to Earth With: Kirk Johnson
Benchmarks: Sept. 26, 1912: Birth of Preston Cloud, geologist who deciphered banded iron formations
Down to Earth With: David Montgomery
Down to Earth With: Past American Geosciences Institute Congressional Geoscience Fellows
Down to Earth With: Naomi Levin
Down to Earth With: Eric Riggs
Marine mammals blamed for first New World tuberculosis
Golden Gate ghost ships rediscovered
Skinned oceanic plates may be origin of ophiolites
Textbook mantle plume theory may need revision
Old piles of shells reveal ancient El Niño patterns
Oil-encased water droplets are mini-ecosystems for microbes
Geologic Column: What geoscientists can learn from TED Talks
Down to Earth With: Ecologist Chris Field
Geomedia: Books: Are we causing a sixth extinction?
Getting there and getting around France's Massif Central
Travels in Geology: Lentils, lace and lava: France's Massif Central
A dry and ravaged land: Investigating water resources in Afghanistan
Antibacterial clays could fight superbugs
Try and try again: GeoCorps application tips
Into the parks: A sampling of GeoCorps projects
Geocorps America: Putting geoscientists to work on federal lands
November 10, 1934: Arizona declares war against California at Parker Dam
December 27, 1888: The Geological Society of America is founded
January 26, 1905: The world's largest gem-quality diamond is unearthed
April 20, 1832: Arkansas' hot springs named the First National "Park"
Ice (Re) Cap: December 2014
Rainwater penetrates into ductile crust
Snow triggers quakes on Mount Rainier
Carbon tet still offensive to ozone layer
Oceans: Where has all the plastic gone?
Ancient storms recorded in Yucatán cave
Last Scottish glacier melted during big chill?
When science meets film at MIT
Pliocene tropical oceans were warmer after all
Gravity builds stone sculptures
Energy Notes: June 2013-2014
Mineral Resource of the Month: Mica
Down to Earth With: CEO and Geo-Data miner Nicole Barlow
Getting there and getting around Scotland
Bag your first Munro
Travels in Geology: The inspiring, globe-trotting rocks of Scotland
Link between volcanoes and drought cools geoengineering prospects
Hundreds of methane seeps discovered along the U.S. East Coast
Crystal Ball Science: In the energy sector, follow the money in 2015
Chess as a scientist
Walking - and mentoring - on the wild side
Family inspiration for my career(s) in transdisciplinary science
What a wonderful world to explore
Minor miners: A brief reflection on child labor underground
Mountains beyond mountains
I wish I could remember all the things I've forgotten
Beware the list that skews your view
Family trips, liberation from lists and other musings from 2014
Rome's lead water pipes likely not a health risk
Massive icebergs scoured Arctic seafloor
Seismic friction causes fault iridescence
Ohio millers imported French stone
Seasonal ice-cover reduction throughout Arctic waters mapped
Past penguin populations not dependent on ice extent
Clues to limestone weathering written in Western Wall
Geologic Column: Geography as destiny: How glaciation led to the Civil War
Comment: IPCC faces challenges in communicating climate science
Energy notes: May 2013-2014
Mineral Resource of the Month: Zeolites
Getting there and getting around Bali
Travels in Geology: Bali beckons
Tiny ants are heroic weathering agents
Can renewable energy and desalination tackle two problems at once?
Colorado River Basin sees severe groundwater depletion
Bare Earth Elements: Search the seafloor firsthand (and live!)
On the Web: Personalizing drought data with digital tools
Ice (Re) Cap: October 2014
Acid rain recovery in the Northeast
For cloud formation, a little aerosol goes a long way
Alaskan megathrust fault more active under Kodiak
First building blocks in Oahu found
Shallow crust magma with a dash of salt and peperite
Methane lingered after Gulf blowout
Boron proxies detail past ocean acidification
Climate impacting a few of our favorite foodstuffs
Seeing beneath Greenland's ice
Of char and carbon: The story of a buried soil
Calculating America's energy landscape
Benchmarks: October 10, 1913: Atlantic and Pacific waters meet in the Panama Canal
Geologic Column: Combining art and geology in the sand
Comment: Building sanctuaries to increase civilization's resilience
Energy Notes: April 2013 - 2014
Mineral Resource of the Month: Vermiculite
Getting there and getting around in Tucson
Searching the stars
Down to Earth With: Kerry Sieh
Travels in Geology: Winter sun and tectonic tales in Tucson
How the Spanish invasion altered the Peruvian coast
Santiaguito Volcano's clockwork behavior provides an exceptional laboratory
Virtual water: Tracking the unseen water in goods and resources
Down to Earth With: Tom Malloy
Minimizing the risk
Infrasound reveals lava lake levels
All the world's glaciers in one global inventory
New off-the-shelf aerial imaging technique trumps lidar
New climate record challenges ideas about recent glaciations
R.I.P. Nereus
Nutrient runoff feeding Baltic Sea dead zone
Mississippi sand still abundant
Natural arsenic levels in Ohio soils exceed regulatory standards
Africa's impact is one that even the dinosaurs would have seen coming
Floating nuclear plants may be safer from tsunamis
Sunken logs a delicacy for ocean bottom-feeders
Volcanic ash feed southern ocean plankton
The subcontinent's sturdy mammals
Extra rib may be sign of mammoth decline
South American fossils offer revised view of Gondwana assembly
Warm river water melted Arctic sea ice
Longer season for Rocky Mountain wildflowers
Acid oceans followed Chicxulub impact
The Bay Area's next 'big one' could strike as a series of quakes
Valley fever's deadly history
Valley Fever an occupational hazard for geoscientists
How to keep the flows out: Build a wall
Kilauea vs. Mauna Loa
Changing the landscape: Geoscientists embrace 3-D printing
Getting there & getting around the Aussie Outback
Travels in Geology: Aussie Outback Adventure
Down to Earth With: Chris Strong
Benchmarks: September 1, 1957: Fossil Cycad National Monument is dissolved
Energy Notes: March 2013-2014
Mineral Resource of the Month: Arsenic
Geologic Column: How T. rex got its street cred back
Comment: Energy 360: Let science speak, not agendas
Comment: The search for clarity on climate change
Energy Notes: February 2013-2014
Mineral Resource of the Month: Peat
A real rift in the midcontinent
Books: The once and future San Andreas Fault
Moving cars could help gauge rainfall
Ocean waves explain which La Niña events will linger
Ancient seawater found in Chesapeake Bay impact crater
On the Web: Ka-pow! Superhero short films get kids thinking about climate change
Striped pyrites link earthquakes to gold deposition
Desert dust influences monsoon rains
A watery surprise from Earth's depths: Mineral provides first direct evidence for water in mantle's transition zone
Getting there and getting around the Causeway Coast
The legend of Finn Maccool's Causeway
Between rocks and hard places
Travels in Geology: Basalt cliffs and columns along Nothern Ireland's Causeway Coast Way
Crowdfunding spotlight
Crowdfunding science: A new piece of the research grant puzzle
Energy Notes: January 2013-2014
Mineral Resource of the Month: Niobium
Belugas, climate, mercury and cancer
Geologic Column: Beyond geology, field camps teach teamwork and inspire leadership
Searching for evidence of ancient subduction
Parasites spread across the Arctic under the 'new normal'
Travels in Geology: Peru's petrified forest: The struggle to study and preserve one of the world's most remarkable fossil sites
Creationism comes to the county fair
Pike's Peak
Benchmarks: July 15, 1806: Zebulon Pike launches Southwest expedition
Geomedia: Books: The earth system symphony
Getting there and getting around Tajikistan
Travels in Geology: Trekking the high terrain of Tajikistan
Geomedia: Books: A changing literary climate
Southeastern caves shuttered to slow the spread of bat-killing disease
Getting there and getting around Croatia
Travels in Geology: Croatia: Land of limestone
New burgess shale fossil site found in Canada's Kootenay National Park
Geomedia: Books: Science in fiction
Subarctic lakes belch more methane on brighter days
Recovery of 1960s sea-ice satellite images wins dark data contest
Staking a claim: Deep-sea mining nears fruition
Mix of acid mine drainage and fracking fluid a recipe for remediation?
Humans causing California's mountains to grow
Reading the walls
The history, science and poetry of New England's stone walls
Geologic Column: Riding the rails to Omaha with Rudolf Clausius
Benchmarks: May 6, 1852: Edward Sabine links the geomagnetic and sunspot cycles
Beyond rocks for jocks: Elevating geoscience education
Getting there and getting around in New Zealand
Travels in Geology: From beaches to bush: Tramping in New Zealand
Geomedia: California's climatic catastrophes detailed in "The West Without Water"
Naturally occurring methane found in groundwater in New York
Observing a plate boundary
A truly global system
A new tool for atmospheric studies
Mapping how malaria risk changes as new dams go up
Scientists look wider and deeper to predict the next El Nino
Precise to a fault: How GPS revolutionized seismic research
Fieldwork revises ice-free corridor hypothesis of human migration
Resolving a misplaced source of volcanism in the Galapagos
Social sciences improve tornado warnings
The Chesapeake Bay gets some good news
Volcanic lightning generated in a bottle
Geologic Column: Data security: freezers, floppies and flash drives
Scientists go to extremes to monitor Arctic permafrost loss
IPCC: A failure in communicating the impact of new findings
Sudden gas eruption shakes the ground near Rome's airport
From boom to bust in Neolithic Europe
From field scientist to filmmaker: Doug Prose
Brooks Ellwood and the unusual applications of magnetism
Geoscience inspires glass artist Adam Frus
Getting there and getting around on the John Muir Trail
Be aware and prepare
Travels in Geology: Walking toward Whitney: A journey through the Sierra High Country along the John Muir Trail
Harvesting fog could bring water to millions
Hazards abroad: Sent home
Geologic Column: Beer's secret ingredient: geology
Blogging on EARTH: A letter from field camp
Location, Location, Location
Bare Earth Elements: The field camp experience in photos
Blogging on EARTH: Spring has sprung, at least in some places
Blogging On Earth: Humans acidifying ocean at unprecedented rate
A tale of two rocks: Moon-like rocks right next door
Afghanistan's mineral wealth
AGU: Mount St. Helens has gone back to sleep
Alaska's Mt. Redoubt erupts at last
Ancient meteorites reveal early magnetic fields
Bacteria back from the brink
Blogging on EARTH: South Sudan secedes - what does that mean for its oil?
Chemical clues reveal ancient geography
Comet finished off North American big game animals, cooled the planet?
Creeping faults warn of impending earthquakes?
Criminals steal London dino's dung
D-Day's Legacy: Remnants of invasion linger in beach sands
Danger and wonder in Nat Geo's "Giant Crystal Cave"
Deciphering mass extinctions
Do impacts trigger extinctions? Impact theory still controversial
DOE promises $2.4 billion for clean coal
Earthworms churn out calcite crystals
EIA: Worldwide oil demand will plummet in 2009
Extinction-era coal linked to Chinese cancer epidemic
FY 2010 budget cuts Yucca, oil and gas programs
Geology 101: Reading the story in the rocks
Giant dunes, not mega-tsunami deposits?
Granite countertops: NOT silent killers
How amphibious whales returned to the sea
Large earthquake rocks Iran oil port
Lay of the Land: Terrain's Toll on the U.S. Civil War
Mag.-8.9 quake strikes Japan, tsunami heads for Hawaii
Mapping safer drinking water
Minerals also evolve
On Hannibal's Trail: The clues are in the geology
Raising bees and capturing rainwater: U.S. prisons go green
Re-examining the Burgess Shale
Redefining Quaternary
Rewriting rivers: What it means for river restoration
Shell tectonics may explain Mars mysteries
Stonehenge's Mysterious Stones
Storing CO2 in fizzy water underground
Surviving field school: Better than reality TV
Swarm of earthquakes rattles Yellowstone
The Disappearing Lake
The long legacy of Peru's "Mine of Death"
Travels in Geology: Exploring mountains and eating llama in Northern Argentina
Travels in Geology: Precipitous peaks and dunes in Colorado
Travels in Geology: Taking in Hawaii's Big Island
Underwater basalt formation looks like a city wall
VA geologists axed due to budget crunch
