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Aug 27, 2021
Volcanoes could be our fiery allies in the fight against carbon emissions
Weathering is key to locking up some of the atmosphere's natural carbon dioxide.
Jul 19, 2021
Diamonds contain remnants of Earth’s ancient atmosphere
To us, they may be beautiful lumps of carbon—but to scientists, they’re 2.7-billion-year-old time capsules.
Jun 28, 2021
How minerals and rocks reflect rainbows, glow in the dark, and otherwise blow your mind
Nature's imperfections make a feast for the eyes.
Jun 25, 2021
Jostling in Venus’ crust could reveal clues about Earth’s early geology
Venusian ‘campi’ behave differently than our own tectonic plates.
Jan 5, 2021
Peer inside the solar system’s largest canyon
Valles Marineris is bigger than the Grand Canyon many times over.
Oct 29, 2020
These boulders seemed to move on their own—until one scientist figured them out
Death Valley National Park’s Racetrack Playa is famous for a decades-old phenomenon.
Oct 23, 2020
Look inside the hidden world of Earth’s most beautiful caves
They’re not the dark, dirty holes you grew up fearing.
Oct 8, 2020
Local asteroid Bennu used to be filled with tiny rivers
Six new studies describe the rock’s soggy past and violent present.
Oct 7, 2020
A volcanologist shows what makes magma go boom
Kayla Iacovino loves scaling active volcanoes as much as she loves modeling them in her NASA lab.
Aug 21, 2020
Mummified leaves offer a glimpse of Earth’s ancient climate—and our future
The fossils hint at a period of high carbon dioxide levels.
