Journey to the Center of Earth | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/journey-center-earth/RSS feed for Journey to the Center of EarthenThu, 13 Oct 2016 19:12:52 +0000Predicting Chaos: New Sensors Sniff Out Volcanic Eruptions Before They Happenhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/new-sensors-sniff-out-volcanic-eruptions-they-happen-180960768/How volcanologists brave lung-singeing fumes to monitor eruptions with cutting-edge sensorsThu, 13 Oct 2016 19:12:52 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/new-sensors-sniff-out-volcanic-eruptions-they-happen-180960768/How Earthquakes and Volcanoes Reveal the Beating Heart of the Planethttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-earthquakes-and-volcanoes-reveal-beating-heart-planet-180960564/The Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program has stitched together a visual archive of the world’s earthquakes and volcanoes Tue, 04 Oct 2016 17:16:45 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-earthquakes-and-volcanoes-reveal-beating-heart-planet-180960564/Cave Formations Carry Clues About Ancient Earthquakeshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/cave-formations-carry-clues-about-ancient-earthquakes-180960419/Researchers have found that stalagmites can help determine if and when a region was struck by an earthquake.Mon, 12 Sep 2016 18:26:36 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/cave-formations-carry-clues-about-ancient-earthquakes-180960419/Oklahoma Just Had Its Biggest Quake Ever, and There May Be More to Comehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/oklahoma-just-had-its-biggest-quake-ever-and-there-may-be-more-come-180960402/Oklahoma's recent string of earthquakes are something new for the stateMon, 12 Sep 2016 14:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/oklahoma-just-had-its-biggest-quake-ever-and-there-may-be-more-come-180960402/Melting Glaciers Are Wreaking Havoc on Earth's Crusthttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/melting-glaciers-are-wreaking-havoc-earths-crust-180960226/Sea levels are dropping, earthquakes and volcanoes are waking up, and even the earth's axis is moving—all because of melting iceThu, 01 Sep 2016 13:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/melting-glaciers-are-wreaking-havoc-earths-crust-180960226/Slow Earthquakes Are a Thinghttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/slow-earthquakes-are-thing-180960248/Slow earthquakes regularly move more earth than deadly fast quakes, but no one feels a thingTue, 30 Aug 2016 13:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/slow-earthquakes-are-thing-180960248/Seeing Is Believing: How Marie Tharp Changed Geology Forever https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/seeing-believing-how-marie-tharp-changed-geology-forever-180960192/Marie Tharp's maps helped prove continental drift was real. But her work was initially dismissed as "girl talk"Tue, 30 Aug 2016 13:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/seeing-believing-how-marie-tharp-changed-geology-forever-180960192/The Blasphemous Geologist Who Rocked Our Understanding of Earth's Agehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/father-modern-geology-youve-never-heard-180960203/James Hutton was a leading light of his time, but is rarely talked about todayMon, 29 Aug 2016 16:33:36 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/father-modern-geology-youve-never-heard-180960203/The Geology Behind Italy’s Catastrophic Quakehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/geology-behind-italys-catastrophic-quake-180960233/A magnitude 6.2 earthquake shook the Apennine Mountains—and given the region’s geology, that’s no surpriseWed, 24 Aug 2016 16:01:48 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/geology-behind-italys-catastrophic-quake-180960233/This 340-Million-Year-Old Ocean Crust Could Date Back to Pangaeahttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/oldest-bit-seafloor-discovered-mediterranean-180960153/Researchers believe they've found the world's oldest ocean crustWed, 17 Aug 2016 16:54:44 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/oldest-bit-seafloor-discovered-mediterranean-180960153/