Blogs about Earth science

The Canadian Climate Institute, in collaboration with TMX Group, surveyed a wide range of players in the critical minerals ecosystem on the barriers to investment across the critical minerals value chain The post What is …

Ancient indigenous people used seven so-called “Metals of Antiquity”: gold, silver, copper, tin, lead, iron, and mercury. Today, our complex societies require a much longer list of metals. We build components for power generation, transportation, …

Photographer: John ChumackSummary Author: John Chumack Shown above is a lunar halo and an aurora as observed from the Chena River Recreational Area on March 15, 2024. I snapped this photo just after as a …

Editors’ Highlights are summaries of recent papers by AGU’s journal editors. Source: Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets The geological history of the Moon speaks of a time older than most of the Earth’s surface. The …

If you live in the northern hemisphere, you stand a very good chance of seeing the aurora borealis this evening. Their glorious dancing lights will be most visible in the darkest hours on Canada's west …

The 2024 field season was our 41st, from the glaciers perspective it was the fourth consecutive year of exceptional mass loss, leading to thinning, retreat and glacier loss. Below are images from the field season …

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!

Makauwahi Cave and Sinkhole as it is todayI learned to my great surprise that Hawai'i has a few (very few, really) limestone caves. In part one I talked about the odd origin of Makauwahi Cave …

This sculpture in front of ANSP is the first full-size reconstruction of the 100-million-year-old dinosaur, Deinonychus. It’s been a secret wish of mine to be a speaker at The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel …

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 …

The membership of the America the Beautiful for All coalition stretches from the Marianas to Maine, Alaska to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. We are the largest, most diverse coalition of its kind to …

A quick post about some quirky geology today. Geodes are crystal-filled masses inside a larger body of rock. They are awesome. Scientists generally know how they form. Voids or bubbles in volcanic or sedimentary rock …

Grimsvotn is not just another volcano; It’s a special beast that captivates both Mafic Maniacs and Caldera Crazies. This volcano plays many characters, producing everything from expansive lava flows to basaltic Plinian eruptions but mostly …