October 15, 2018
Going subterranean: Repurposed mines become innovative labs
At about 5 a.m. on a frigid, icy February day in northern Minnesota — the kind of day when it feels like your eyeballs might freeze — a group of …
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April 9, 2018
Slumgullion: Colorado's natural 'lab' offers insights into landslides worldwide
In southwestern Colorado, a centuries-old “laboratory” looks out on the snowy peaks of the Lake City Caldera in a remote section of the San Juan …
August 23, 2016
Benchmarks: October 1, 1960: Camp Century, a cold war ice fortress is built
The soldiers who staffed Camp Century enjoyed many of the same accommodations as their fellow soldiers at bases around the world. They had a mess …
August 17, 2016
Comment: Mudrock cement and the importance of basic research
Diverse motivations drive scientific research. For many of my geoscience colleagues, curiosity seems motivation enough. However, motivations …
September 1, 2015
Benchmarks: December 1, 1959: Antarctic Treaty Signed
A victory for peace and science Science trumps all in Antarctica. For the past 50 years, Antarctica has remained a military-free, globally shared …
July 6, 2015
The Arctic is open for research
“Science knows no boundaries, and the issues that the Arctic region faces require high-quality, trans-disciplinary and problem-based research, …
June 30, 2015
Endangered Icebreakers: The future of Arctic research, exploration and rescue at risk
I had never seen so many birds in my life. The sunset turns the world a deep pink as auklets and murres spiral up to their nests on the Diomede …
November 15, 2013
Once a digger, always a digger: Or, how I learned to stop researching and love deadlines
Editor's Note: Traditionally, EARTH has published a "highlights" or "year in review" issue at the end of the year. This year, we decided to try a …