Earth Sciences
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Hawai’i has a hidden reservoir
Freshwater find raises hopes for volcanic islands worldwide
The Hawai’ian island chain has been a tropical holiday destination for decades, renowned for its warm waters, fine su...
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Conversation
We need to promote the right kind of fire
Changing patterns threaten species with extinction.
By Luke Kelly and Katherine Giljohann, University of Melbourne, Annabel Smith, University of Queensland, and Michael ...
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Science from the top of the world
Two months, 10 teams, troubling discoveries.
The science is in from an ambitious interdisciplinary expedition to Mt Everest – and the results are appropriately ch...
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How did mercury get down there?
Two new views on a very deep problem.
Mercury has been found in the deepest part of the Earth’s oceans, the 11,000-metre-deep Mariana Trench in the northwe...
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Volcano link to end of Triassic extinction
Researchers analyse molecular and isotopic evidence.
An Australian-led team of scientists has shed new light on the timing of one of the most catastrophic mass extinction...
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Mangrove forests act as plastic sinks
Study highlights ability to capture carbon and microplastics.
A new study highlights the heavy lifting marine ecosystems do in combatting environmental issues, finding that mangro...
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Snapshot
All the known craters on Earth
New atlas captures global view from on high.
This is a physical map of the Serra da Cangalha impact structure in Brazil, produced using the TanDEM-X mission digit...
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Volcanoes that just kept on giving
Magma ‘conveyor belt’ fuelled eruptions in Indian Ocean.
A volcanic province in the Indian Ocean was the most continuously active in the world, erupting for 30 million years,...
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If it looks dangerous, send in the drones
New technology improves ability to forecast eruptions
Flying drones into volcanoes is becoming quite a thing. Earlier this year, Cosmos reported how German and Russian ...
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Delicate balance in the Falklands
Threat to seabirds is a threat to the ecosystem.
Seabird droppings helped shape the delicately balanced ecosystem of the Falkland Islands, which is in danger of abrup...
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Rain really can move mountains
Himalayan study describes dramatic impact of erosion.
Plate tectonics tends to dominate the common view of mountain formation: where two plates meet, rock is pushed up. Ho...
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Sahara actually has quite a few trees
Satellite imaging and deep learning provide clearer picture.
A surprising new study has revealed that there are more than 1.8 billion trees and shrubs in the Sahara and Sahel reg...