A supervolcano is a volcano that has produced an eruption with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 8, the highest recorded number on the index. While…
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Maximum tsunami wave amplitude following the asteroid impact 66 million years ago. Credit: From Range et al. in AGU Advances, 2022 Sixty-six million years ago…
From aboard the International Space Station, NASA-built instruments Compact Ocean Wind Vector Radiometer (COWVR) and Temporal Experiment for Storms and Tropical Systems (TEMPEST) captured wind…
Hurricane Ian, September 28, 2022. NASAEstablished in 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the United States Federal Government…
The findings could help improve climate change prediction models. Cloud study clarifies the effects of aerosols. According to a recent study, aerosol particles in the…
Male reindeer walking on a national road in Jämtland, Sweden. Credit: Marianne Stoessel/Stockholm University Reindeer herding has a long history in northern Norway, Sweden, and…
Scientists have discovered that much more carbon exists in the mantle than predicted. Researchers find rust and diamonds at the Earth’s core-mantle boundary. On the…
According to the researchers, the proliferation of plants completely altered the biosphere of Earth. A new study reveals that land plants changed Earth’s composition. According…
The Mediterranean Sea was hit by a major marine heatwave. Many parts of Europe saw record-breaking temperatures over the summer. However, it wasn’t just the…
Super Typhoon Noru. September 25, 2022. After making landfall in the Polillo Islands and Luzon, the storm strengthened again as it headed toward Vietnam. “Rapid…
Home Reef erupts. September 14, 2022. (Click image for wider view.) Home Reef Erupts in the Southwest Pacific Ocean The underwater volcano has again created…
A visible layer of air pollution stretches out across the sea. Photograph taken from the research vessel during the AQABA campaign. Credit: © 2022 AQABA…
Representation of equinoxes and solstices. This year, the autumnal equinox occurs on September 22, marking the official start of Fall 2022. Complemented by cooler temperatures…
The cloudy Southern Ocean shows an improved radiation budget in the latest IPCC climate models, but there are still significant biases in the simulated cloud…
According to new research, refreezing the poles by reducing incoming sunlight would be both feasible and remarkably cheap. Earth’s poles are warming several times faster…
New Zealand’s Mount Ruapehu. September 23, 2021. A lake at the summit of the volcano provides the main clues to what is happening below. While…
Fagradalsfjall volcano in Iceland erupting at night. Recent discoveries from Iceland’s Fagradalsfjall eruptions alter what we know about how volcanoes work. Learning something that fundamentally…
Risk of a Catastrophic Volcano Eruption Is Startlingly High – And the World Is “Woefully Unprepared”
Risk of a Catastrophic Volcano Eruption Is Startlingly High – And the World Is “Woefully Unprepared”
Experts believe a magnitude seven volcano eruption would cause damages comparable to the pandemic. Experts say that the risk of a catastrophic eruption is “a…
Researchers have identified an additional process that could have a significant effect on an ice sheet’s future: thawing of the bed, where the ice sheet…
China’s largest freshwater lake drained by prolonged heat and drought. Between the winter and summer seasons, Poyang Lake, in China’s Jiangxi Province, routinely fluctuates in…