Earth Science
This Town in Iceland Is a Modern Pompeii
Iceland’s ‘Mountain of Fire’ volcano wreaked havoc with an island and the island fought back
Your Guide to All Things Anthropocene
Documenting an era of manmade change
We Will Have to Endure 2016 One Second Longer Than an Average Year
It’s not giving up the ghost quite yet
The Top 9 Baffling, Humbling, Mind-Blowing Science Stories of 2016
From gravity's song to the evolutionary secrets of dogs, this year unlocked a treasure trove of scientific discovery
Check Out NASA's Picks for This Year's Best Images of Earth
From sunsets to city lights, the images capture the beauty of our ever-changing planet
Scientists Discover the Oldest-known Pool of Water
But you wouldn’t want to drink from it
This Suffrage-Supporting Scientist Defined the Greenhouse Effect But Didn’t Get the Credit, Because Sexism
Eunice Foote’s career highlights the subtle forms of discrimination that have kept women on the sidelines of science
How to Experience a Mission to Mars (If You Still Want to Come Back)
Space Camp for adults? It's definitely a thing
The Best Books About Science of 2016
Take a journey to the edge of human knowledge and beyond with one of these mind-boggling page-turners
Oil Drilling Could Be to Blame for Devastating 1933 California Quake and Others
Human-induced earthquakes could be much older than once thought
Griffon Vultures Depend on the Sun to Fly. Why?
The Griffon vulture is one of the largest vulture species. Because of its giant stature, it uses an immense amount of energy to take off
Scientists Just Discovered a Missing Link Between San Francisco’s Faults
Two of California's most active fault lines appear to be a 118-mile-long fault instead
Did a Comet Set Off Global Warming 56 Million Years Ago?
Tiny glass beads found in New Jersey and Bermuda suggest this dramatic warming period began with an impact
Predicting Chaos: New Sensors Sniff Out Volcanic Eruptions Before They Happen
How volcanologists brave lung-singeing fumes to monitor eruptions with cutting-edge sensors
How Earthquakes and Volcanoes Reveal the Beating Heart of the Planet
The Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program has stitched together a visual archive of the world’s earthquakes and volcanoes
Vibrant Lightning Sprites Spark Above Hurricane Matthew
A photographer’s good eye captures an elusive phenomenon
Astronauts Tell All About Their One Year on “Mars”
In an unprecedented simulation, NASA learned that its astronauts are a bunch of overachievers
New xkcd Comic Masterfully Shows How Climate Has Changed Through Time
Scroll through 20,000 years of humorously illustrated climate data
Oklahoma Just Had Its Biggest Quake Ever, and There May Be More to Come
Oklahoma's recent string of earthquakes are something new for the state
Scientists Think They Could Have Found Earth’s Oldest Fossil
Was a young Earth old enough to support life 3.7 billion years ago?
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