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Solid Earth sciences
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The next massive volcano eruption will cause climate chaos — and we are unprepared
Cataclysmic volcanic eruptions are rare — but inevitable. Governments should not only work to stem global warming, but…
an emotive journey along the San Andreas Fault
Mojave Ghost Forrest Gander New Directions (2024) In 2023, geologist and poet Forrest Gander embarked on a journey,…
Did atmospheric weathering help Earth’s earliest continents to survive?
Nature, Published online: 08 May 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01306-y What stabilized and strengthened the oldest, most robust blocks of continental…
How volcanoes shaped our planet — and why we need to be ready for the next big eruption
Adventures in Volcanoland: What Volcanoes Tell Us About the World and Ourselves Tamsin Mather Abacus (2024) Unlike Alice…
why the chemistry of this unique crater lake matters
“I first became intrigued by volcanoes as an undergraduate studying analytical chemistry in Yogyakarta, a city on the…
I look for the mineral equivalent of tree rings
“In 1979, ethologist Christophe Boesch and his wife Hedwige Boesch-Achermann began researching the behaviour of a community of…