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New research highlights that without a coordinated global agreement, AI risks accelerating the very crises it could help solve....

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What if there were an educational program that could ignite a sense of wonder in middle school students, bring science to life in unforgettable ways, and nurture a stewardship ethic? That is precisely what the Sturgeon in the Classroom program is doi...

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Remember to cast your vote for Group E at the bottom of this post! Germany - 3/1/0/0 Laacher See caldera in Germany. Credit: Df1paw / Wikimedia Commons One of the most impressive volcanic deposits I've seen is in Germany. Just south of ...

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This handsome armoured fellow is Bothriolepis canadensis--one of the greats of the Late Devonian seas, here in replica form but no less marvellous for it. He hails from the Frasnian-aged Escuminac Formation at Parc national de Miguasha, tucked ...

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The Sabin Center maintains an open access database that attempts to post all of the climate change cases around the world. It has more than 3600 cases in 62 different jurisdictions and 28 international courts and regional tribunals. Of these, about 60% are in the United States. The largest numbers of these cases concern the adequacy of consideration of climate change in the environmental impact assessment processes, the adoption and implementation of climate legislation and regulations, or the impacts of climate on species. Only a small fraction have attempted to impose financial liability for climate-related harms.

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I thought a lot about how to write this piece because it is not easy to think of myself as an ally to my queer friends. This is only because it is, to me, completely unfathomable that we, in this century, in 2026, still need to be allies. Honestly, there is convenience in moving on with our lives, turning a blind eye to injustice, and even questioning the mere existence of campaigns like the pride month. Many even sit at a table full of conservatives and laugh at their horrible jokes so that we, ourselves, are accepted. Because, of course, no one is 100% perfectly fitting into any of these rules. In fact, that is how most of us choose to live everyday: In comfort and convenience.

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Can fault mechanics and friction laws reproduce the full spectrum of observed seismicity?

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My next post about the Geology of the National Parks Through Pictures is from a trip to Ohio shortly after we moved to New York for a memorial service for my dear friend Dale.

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As it slogs northeastward, the system may become a tropical depression or tropical storm - but flooding is a real threat regardless.

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The British Planetary Science Conference took place in St Andrews in mid-June bringing together scientists across the UK who research anything and everything to do with our Solar System. A group of us travelled north to present, learn and enjoy eve...

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The AI buildout and the green transition each present significant and similar opportunities and challenges....

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Freshwater turtles come in all shapes and sizes, but few inspire quite as much awe as Stupendemys geographicus -- an aptly named giant whose very existence seems borrowed from myth. This now-extinct lovely inhabited the waterways of northern So...

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Be sure to vote for Group D in the poll at the bottom! USA - 340/165/63/39 - Great Sitkin, K?lauea USGS volcanologists watching the June 15, 2026 eruption of K?lauea in Hawai'i. Credit: HVO/USGS. The US has never been great at intern...

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As we left EGU26 behind with record participation, it was amazing to see increased interest in science-policy sessions from the scientific community. Thanks to all panellists who contributed to the stimulating discussions, and to all participants for igniting them!

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 I think I originally created this for a comment on a structural geologist's blog back in the blogging heyday of the zeros. But I can't find any trace of it on the internet now, so I'm reposting for the younger generation. The following figure i...

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Alvin Mitchell, a NASA C-20A aircraft quality assurance inspector, completes preflight checks at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, on April 29 for a mission over Central California. On May 2, the aircraft departed for ...

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Be sure to vote for Group C in the poll at the bottom! Brazil - 2/0/0/0 The island of Trindade off the coast of Brazil. Credit: Simone Marinho / Wikimedia Commons. Brazil has some amazing geology ... but active volcanoes are not part of i...

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Continuing with chemistry, our ELI today is 'An Element of fun; an entertaining way to teach Mendeleev's Periodic Table of elements'.

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This interview is part of an ongoing series exploring the evolving role of interdisciplinarity across the geosciences. As environmental challenges grow more complex, addressing them requires not only disciplinary expertise but also meaningful collaboration and innovation across fields, methodologies, and communities. In each conversation, I ask Division Presidents to reflect on how cross-divisional work is currently practiced, where it falls short, and what more transformative forms of collaboration could look like. Through this series, I aim to surface both practical pathways and significant tensions in interdisciplinary work to highlight why it matters for research, policy, and the broader societal relevance of the geosciences.

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I find much to like about house wrens, including their scientific name: Troglodytes aedon.  It's very appropriate for this vigorous singer and cavity nester. Troglodyte is from the Greek for "hole or cave dweller," while aedon, also Greek in ...

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Welcome to the world of bees. This fuzzy yellow and black striped fellow is a bumblebee in the genus Bombus sp., family Apidae. We know him from our gardens where we see them busily lapping up nectar and pollen from flowers with their ...

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When Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump agree on something, that agreement deserves examination. Both are touting the idea that the federal government should have an ownership stake in major artificial intelligence (AI) compa...

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In spectrometry--for example, in remote sensing--Gaussian filters or, because they are believed to cause less distortion, Savatzky-Golay filters are often used to improve the signal-to-noise ratio of spectra. Read here to find out how to do it bett...

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