Geoscience

Riding Earth’s mighty forces in Nazaré, Portugal.

It’s time to get prepared, argues a professor of volcanology.

A new origins-based system for classifying minerals reveals the huge geochemical imprint that life has left on Earth. It could help us identify other worlds with life too.

Raquel Negrete-Aranda says studying the ocean’s “plumbing” can tell us a lot about life, both under and above the sea.

To change the status quo of a notoriously destructive industry, Aether found a way to produce a cleaner and more ethical diamond.

The new volcanic fissures are more otherworldly than they first appear.

An overlooked but powerful driver of cloud formation could accelerate the loss of polar sea ice.

What geoscientists are uncovering in Eastern Europe.

Earth’s climate has fluctuated through deep time, pushed by these 10 different causes. Here’s how each compares with modern climate change.

Around 10,000 geothermal features in Yellowstone hint at a mysterious hot spot beneath the crust.

The “pinball” model of a slipping fault line borrows from the mathematics of avalanches.

Precious stones hold the stories of continents, oceans, and cultures.

Author Robert MacFarlane on the awe and horror of subterranean places.