Having examined the changing image of Tyrannosaurus in 2023's The Tyrannosaur's Feathers, Adam Smith, Jonathan Emmett and Stieven van der Poorten have returned with a similarly-themed follow-up book - only this time, featuring a whole range...

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A long-infamous record from the 1930s has bit the dust.

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Lamont scientists Terry Plank and Einat Lev worked with partners in Chile to install a new suite of sensors on the summit of Villarrica, bringing real-time monitoring to one of Chile's most active volcanoes....

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The tropical wave-watching marathon begins: African waves can take up to two weeks to reach the continental U.S., but several obstacles can prevent them from making it that far.

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Our ELI for today is 'Weathering- rocks breaking up and breaking down; Matching pictures and descriptions of weathered rocks with the processes of weathering that formed them'.

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On a humid morning in Augsburg, Germany, on August 10, 1893, a ten-foot iron cylinder roared to life for the first time. The engine belonged to Sir Rudolf Diesel, and running through its veins was not the petroleum distillate we associate with his na...

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Some years ago, I was on a project where we needed to search for bat hibernacula and maternal roost trees along a proposed natural gas pipeline corridor in West Virginia. After a slow, plodding climb up a steep hill, I sat down on a log to catch my b...

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The U.S. oil industry got a scare last week. News reports say that the Trump administration may be considering an export ban on crude oil and refined petroleum products such as gasoline and diesel in order to bring those prices do...

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When Lake Mead's elevation crossed the threshold of 1,040 feet above sea level in the spring of 1937, stretching upstream 100 miles behind Hoover Dam in the deserts of the Arizona Nevada border, it was national news.

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Born and raised in Burundi, East Africa, Ningabo is one of three recipients of the prestigious Stanley Park Climate Finance Scholarship for the M.S. in Climate Finance. He shares more about his journey and what keeps him motivated....

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While a SpaceX rocket smashes into the Moon and a rescue mission runs into trouble, a new bill may provide hope for science research....

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In the AI era, knowledge best expands when the best thinkers in every field understand what the frontier is in their field, what AI does not yet know, what humans do not yet know. Hollis Robbins ...

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A dangerous collision of storm surge, torrential rain, and sea level rise threatens to overwhelm communities from Texas to Maine.

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Thirty years ago, in August 1996, a catastrophic flash flood swept through the Las Nieves campsite on the alluvial fan of the Barranco de Aras near Biescas in the Central Pyrenees of Aragón, Spain. The tragedy claimed 87 lives and injured over 180 p...

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ECMWF Four Corners December-January-February forecast. Map ECMWF->Fleck->Codex The latest European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts got some ink/bits for their strong forecast for a wet winter in California (h/t Daniel Swain), but what do ...

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Yao's arrival advances the university's shared mission to develop innovative solutions at the intersection of energy, sustainability and the environment....

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A "zombie idea" is a policy, belief, or theory that has been thoroughly disproven by facts and evidence, and continues to resurface again and again... it just won't die. Somehow they continue to stagger through public discourse, dragging their ...

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The market for artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly growing, spurring the growth of data centers across the U.S. and around the world. That's happening despite the major social and environmental concerns that data centers pose. What happens if those data centers are no longer used, either because they reach end of life or the AI bubble bursts and companies can no longer maintain them? This blog explores the powers that state and local governments in the U.S. have to impose decommissioning (i.e., clean up) rules for data centers.

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Puffbird similar to Fossil Birds found at Driftwood Canyon Driftwood Canyon Provincial Park Driftwood Canyon Provincial Park covers 23 hectares of the Bulkley River Valley, on the east side of Driftwood Creek, a tributary of the Bulkley Riv...

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Benin's upstream sector is entering a new era. After nearly three decades without production, the West African nation is preparing for a revival thanks to the redevelopment of the historic Sèmè field. Akrake Petroleum drilled a successful horizontal well earlier this year and the start of production is imminent. At the same time, there is...

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Post DinoCon, Matt is staying at my house, and we are trying hard to push out some science. This morning as he tried to innocently drink his coffee, I bombarded him with a passage from Taylor et al. (2025:87-88), read out loud. Instead of telling me to shut up and go away, he suggested I post it verbatim here. So here we go.

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Definitely worth watching: Who's really to blame for wildfires? Despite lots of complexity and nuance in the issue, this remains: "No matter where you look, climate change is pouring gasoline on the fire." You can help this blog! Feel free ... ...

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Visit to Carbfix facilities to discuss carbon mineralisation and subsurface characterisation. BGS © UKRI

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Near-extinct oryx are returning. Farms are prospering as irrigation water reaches fields for the first time in decades. Farmers are even nurturing new trees on their land. Once a byword for drought and famine, the African Sahel region on the souther...

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