Today is the Great Shake-Out in California: At 10:17 AM, around 10.5 MILLION people will participate in a statewide earthquake drill. This is also the 35th anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake that caused so much damage in the San Francisco Ba...

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Take a look back at historic discoveries from the past seven-and-a-half decades at Lamont....

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The 4th International Conference on Structural Analysis of Historical Constructions (SAHC2025) will take place from 15 - 17 September, 2025, in Lausanne. There will be a session on "New perspectives in Archaeoseismology" (SS-7), chaired by Philippe Garnier. Abstract submission deadline is 20 October, 2024, but likely to be prolonged.

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2002 I've been leading geology field studies trips to lots of places in the American West for 36 years and started to take digital pictures in 2001. I sometimes struggle to find new things to photograph when I visit a place for the 34th time, but ...

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Sea ice in the Arctic continued a decades-long downward trend in its minimum summer extent, while sea ice around Antarctica saw meager winter growth in 2024. Read More......

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The notion of giving voice to more-than-human communities has long been of interest to artists, activists, and change-makers worldwide. Though still emerging, movements like the rights of nature have increasingly advocated for granting natural entities--rivers, forests, ecosystems--legal standing, akin to the rights given to people or corporations. Over the past several decades, several examples have ... Continue reading Why I'm Voting for a Multispecies Future ??'

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The winter season of 2023/24 yielded a low snowpack across the North Cascades. Snowpack at six longer Snotel stations was 0.63 m w.e on April 1, vs a 1984-2024 average of 1.02 m. This was the third lowest snowpack of this period, with 2005 and 2015 being lower. The melt season in May and June was cool helping extend the low snowpack at elevations above 1500 m. July rivaled 2015 for the warmest of the last 50 years, quickly melting back the snowpack by the start of August. The end of the melt season was fairly typical with several new snowfalls and periods of heat. The main melt season for the glaciers is June-September and this year the average temperature was 18.3 C, 1.3 C above the long term mean and the fourth year in a row above 18 C. The result was the fourth consecutive year of large glacier mass balance losses. The cumulative impact is glacier recession, thinning, loss of a number of glacier and overall steeper/dirtier ice. We conducted detailed field work on eight glaciers.

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The Planetary Society is upgrading systems that will offer us many new capabilities and features that will enhance your membership experience....

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Stephen Hui, Pembina Institute.   Geologic carbon sequestration--i.e., the storage of carbon dioxide in underground rock formations--has been the subject of much debate in recent years. Many see it as an important tool for combatting climate chang...

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A powerful geomagnetic storm caused a display of light that was visible unusually far from Earth's poles. Read More......

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 Here are some illustrations of the crinoid fossil Ichthyocrinus laevis (Conrad). The fossil was found in the Rochester shale at Erie County, New York, USA. The fossil dates to the Silurian Period. This fossil is also found in the Lockport Shale....

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Without facts we all agree upon, there can be no science ... and without science, who can we trust?...

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Navigating the world in a Black or any other non-Caucasian body often means facing systemic disadvantages, marginalization, and discrimination especially in predominantly white spaces. These inequities shape all aspects of life, from accessing healthcare and education to economic opportunities and even access to basic resources like energy. Across the globe, Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour (BIPOC) communities are disproportionately affected by environmental and social injustices, including energy poverty. As the world grapples with the dual crises of climate change and several enmeshed forms of inequality, the concept of energy justice has emerged as a crucial part of the conversation due to the need for a fair and inclusive transition to renewable energy.

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Working at a DC-based environmental nonprofit convinced this student to pursue a career in environmental policy....

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Insufficient rainfall in 2023-2024 has taken a toll on the region's rivers and groundwater and upended daily life in several countries. Read More......

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I had my first look at Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) last night, but my timing sucked, as I didn't locate it until it was close to the horizon and practically lost in the afterglow of the sunset. Tonight I was a bit better prepared, and the co...

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The Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District Board this afternoon (Monday Oct. 14, 2024) approved an agreement among the District, the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority, and the Bureau of Reclamation for temporary storage of District water in Abiquiu Reservoir on the Rio Chama while El Vado Reservoir is out of comission.

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I asked ChatGPT a very simple question:

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 Here are some illustrations of the crinoid fossil Eucalyptocrinus decorus (Phillips). The fossil was found in the Clinton beds at Erie County, New York, USA. The fossil dates to the Silurian Period. This fossil is also found in the Rochester Sha...

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In this pre-college workshop, students explore the critical role that sustainable development, planning and design play in building community resilience....

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Kingsland Avenue, in the Maxwell Park neighborhood, is an easy uphill walk that provides the gentle thrill of following a natural feature in the terrain. It curves up a small valley that was once grassland with a wide view, occupied by a seasonal stream. The terrain makes for a most charming arrangement of homes and vistas, ending with a spread of the high hills.

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Kingsland Avenue, in the Maxwell Park neighborhood, is an easy uphill walk that provides the gentle thrill of following a natural feature in the terrain. It curves up a small valley that was once grassland with a wide view, occupied by a seasonal stream. The terrain makes for a most charming arrangement of homes and vistas, ending with a spread of the high hills.

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 Please consider joining Pacific Paleontology and CA State Parks for this fun family fossils walk back in time to the Pliocene Era a few million years into the past.  Free.  https://ranchodeloso.org/events/....

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NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft launched today aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida....

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 It's not often that I get to see two astronomical phenomena in the same week, but that's what has happened. The other night was an extraordinary display of the aurora borealis in my part of Central California (and most of the rest of the lower 48 s...

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