Blogs about Earth science

Canada’s electricity grid needs a massive expansion to handle a doubling demand by 2050. The post How to accelerate Canada’s clean energy transition? Treat it like health care appeared first on Canadian Climate Institute.

Oracles—those who speak from worlds unseen—have a long and colorful history. Since ancient times, many have believed oracles were portals through which the gods spoke directly to people, providing wise counsel or making prophesies. Explanations …

Photographer: Louise van der Meulen Summary Authors: Louise van der Meulen; Jim Foster Shown above is the breathtaking Berlin Falls (Berlyn Falls) in northeastern South Africa. These falls are on the Sabie River and stand …

Climate simulations created by the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) indicate that the planet could warm roughly 3°C by the end of the century under intermediate carbon emissions scenarios. But how such …

Titanites occidentalis, Fernie AmmoniteThe Fernie ammonite, Titanites occidentalis, from outcrops on Coal Mountain near Fernie, British Columbia, Canada. This beauty is the remains of a carnivorous cephalopod within the family Dorsoplanitidae that lived and died …

Change in terminus position of coastal glaciers in the Sewqrd region. On this 2023 Landsat image yellow dots are ther 2023 terminus and red dots the 1986 terminus. Turn east along the coast from Seward …

This will be the new home of my blog Georneys. I’ll be moving all of my posts here from the AGU blogosphere – and starting some new blogging in 2024. Stay tuned!

People visit Hawai'i for a great many reasons. There are the stereotypical reasons: beautiful beaches, surfing, palm trees, luaus and so on. There are other reasons: a wish to learn about the culture of the …

A new home for the Landslide Blog I started this blog on 16 December 2007 – that feels like a long time ago now – as a site on Blogger. In 2010, the American Geophysical …

Trumpeter Swan observed last week at Ragged Mountain Reservoir, near Charlottesville, Virginia Well, this is it: The last post at Mountain Beltway here at the AGU Blogosphere. AGU has been so accommodating, hosting my blog …

Close your eyes and picture a river…go on, do it! What did you see? Did you picture a clear, deep mountain stream? A raging river in a steep gorge? A creek with grassy banks and …

Yesterday, we published a rundown of all the ways in which Trump’s Project 2025 would impact ocean science and conservation. Trump’s Project 2025 is an agenda, a glimpse at what a future administration might do. …

I found a mixed bag of fun items that I wanted to share. So here’s a Freaky Friday buffet… Squaring the circles A square crop circle appeared at Normanton Down Barrows, near Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England …

Part 2: The Volcanoes In this part we are touring the volcanoes of São Miguel. I wanted to write a good tour post on these and as told in part one it is meant as …