Meltwater bursts through Greenland ice in first-of-a-kind eruption
Satellite image of the subglacial lake region after the outburst flood occurred, showing the fracturing of the ice sheet 10.1038/s41561-025-01746-9…
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Longest lightning ‘mega-flash’ sets a shocking new record
Lightning flashes during a monsoon storm in the US Edward Mitchell/World Meteorological Organization (WMO) A lightning “mega-flash” over the US…
Kamchatka earthquake response shows tsunami warnings are improving
The coastline of Shiogama, Japan as a tsunami warning had been issued after a huge earthquake Asahi Shimbun via Getty…
Scientists crush ice cores to predict Antarctica’s next big ice crack
In Antarctica, two giant rifts, known as Chasm 1 and Halloween Crack, split across the Brunt Ice Shelf. The implications…
Deep-living microbes could ‘eat’ energy generated by earthquakes
Microbes might find energy in surprisingly inhospitable places Public domain sourced / access rights from The Book Worm / Alamy…
Microwaving rocks could help mining operations pull CO2 out of the air
Nickel West in Australia is one of many mines that could use microwaves to store CO2 in waste rock BHP…
Strata review: The captivating story that Earth’s ‘boring’ layered rocks tell us
Rock strata, like these in Canada, can help us piece together the deep past Paul Andreassen/Alamy StrataLaura Poppick (W.W. Norton)…