Earth's oxygen is projected to run out in a billion years
As the Sun ages, Earth's processes will change
People of the Tiahuanaco civilization engineered their own rocks to build temples and monuments
The discovery illustrates the great ingenuity of ancient construction workers
World's highest-dwelling mammal discovered on top of a Chilean volcano
The yellow-rumped leaf-eared mouse was found nearly a kilometer higher than scientists thought possible for mammals
Volcano diplomacy and the future of eruption predictions: the life of a volcanologist
NASA petrologist Kayla Iacovino on her life studying volcanoes and being a Star Trek fanatic
Geologists find evidence of two new supervolcano eruptions at Yellowstone
Their trends suggest that the next eruption won't happen for a long time
Mount St. Helens is a natural laboratory for studying how ecosystems recover from disasters β but a road threatens to ruin those efforts
The Forest Service and scientists are struggling to balance risk and scientific research
Climate change is almost too big a problem to study. The solution? Volcanoes.
Volcanoes blanketed by tropical rainforests are a natural laboratory to study climate change
π What's in a name? Mount Taranaki
When Western explorers reached New Zealand they named landmarks and places that already had their own names, but those original names are getting restored.
π Mount Ngauruhoe, aka Mount Doom π
Learn about Nagauruhoe, the active volcano in New Zealand that played the role of Mount Doom in the Lord of the Rings films.
Volcanoes can kill thousands. We should pay closer attention to the moving earth beneath us
Boiling clouds of ash and gas, moving 100 mph, pose a greater threat than lava, yet the world lacks volcano safety standards