Earth Science
Dive Between Two Continents in This Frigid Fissure in Iceland
Filled with pure glacier water, Silfra is the only place on Earth where divers can touch two continental plates at once
Watch a Japanese Volcano Put on a Spectacular Show
Lightning and lava? No biggie
Journey to the Center of Earth
Drill deep into the mysteries of our home planet, from the surface all the way down to the core
A Decades-Long Quest to Drill Into Earth's Mantle May Soon Hit Pay Dirt
Geologists have had to contend with bad luck, budget cuts and the race to the moon in their efforts to drill deep into our planet
Humble Magnesium Could Be Powering Earth's Magnetic Field
The common element could have been driving the planet's dynamo for billions of years
The Ozone Hole Was Super Scary, So What Happened To It?
When the ozone hole was discovered, it became a worldwide sensation. Thirty years later, what's become of it?
Ask Smithsonian: What Is Wind?
Whether arriving on a gentle breeze or a stiff gale, air moves like water responding to high and low pressures around the Earth
Is Global Warming Changing How Fast the Earth Spins?
New research suggests that as glaciers melt, the planet's axis is shifting
Stanford Scientists Create an Algorithm That Is the "Shazam" For Earthquakes
The popular song-identifying app has inspired a technique for identifying microquakes in the hopes of predicting major ones
Earth’s Water May Be as Old as the Earth Itself
Ancient volcanic rocks may have preserved tiny samples of the planet’s original moisture
Dead Star Shredding a Rocky Body Offers a Preview of Earth's Fate
The stellar corpse spotted by a NASA telescope backs up a theory that white dwarf stars eat planetary remnants
Did Life on Earth Really Start 4.1 Billion Years Ago? Not So Fast
Don’t rewrite the Earth’s history just yet
First Official Data From the Pluto Flyby Reshapes the Dwarf Planet’s History
“The ‘little spacecraft that could’ is making a lot of big discoveries,” says Alan Stern
Earth’s Gravity Is Reshaping the Moon
Leaving cracks on the surface as it slowly contracts
Scientists Recently Realized That 1,240 Miles of Volcanoes Were Connected
Now the Cosgrove Volcano Track is the longest on Earth
What the Evolution of Fire Can Teach Us About Climate Change
This Generation Anthropocene podcast looks at the history of fire and the ways the world changed once humans harnessed its power
Massive Volcanic Eruptions Triggered Earth’s "Great Dying"
Geologists nailed down the timing of the ancient event and confirmed that it is a likely suspect in the Permian extinction
Earth’s Magnetic Field Is at Least Four Billion Years Old
Tiny grains of Australian zircon hold evidence that our magnetic shielding was active very soon after the planet formed
A New Photo Exhibition Depicts Just How Dramatic Mother Earth Can Be
Iceland, the land of fire and ice, brings vivid focus to the raw power of a geophysically active Earth
What Will Really Happen When San Andreas Unleashes the Big One?
A major earthquake will cause plenty of destruction along the West Coast, but it won’t look like it does in the movies
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