Earth sciences Video What can we learn by listening to the ocean? From marine earthquakes to dolphins chattering, the ocean rings with noises Read article: What can we learn by listening to the ocean?
Earth sciences Feature Whistling volcanoes: radio waves in volcanic lightning Ian Randall reports on the finding that whistler waves can come from volcanoes Read article: Whistling volcanoes: radio waves in volcanic lightning
Earth sciences Feature The restless rocks of Racetrack Playa The rocks in California's Racetrack Playa are on the move, but how? Brian Jackson describes how he and his colleagues solved a decades-old mystery Read article: The restless rocks of Racetrack Playa
Ultrafast science Research update Lasers reveal previously unseen fossil details New palaeontological imaging method is cheap and non-destructive Read article: Lasers reveal previously unseen fossil details
Education and outreach Opinion and reviews Between the lines A subtle and fiendish collection of physics problems and a geophysical journey that revels in unusual connections, reviewed by Margaret Harris Read article: Between the lines
Earth sciences Blog Creating craters, Mexican style Why all you need is a balloon, a pin and some sand
Astroparticle physics Feature Subterranean science Sean Paling and Stephen Sadler describe how deep underground labs are diversifying into areas such as astrobiology and earth sciences Read article: Subterranean science
Telescopes and space missions Research update Rosetta’s bouncing probe finds no magnetic field on comet 67P Null result suggests early solar system lacked strong magnetic fields Read article: Rosetta’s bouncing probe finds no magnetic field on comet 67P
Policy and funding News Geoengineering schemes to combat climate change still risky, say reports Panel suggests small-scale experiments for now Read article: Geoengineering schemes to combat climate change still risky, say reports
Imaging Research update Geophysicists blast their way to the bottom of tectonic plates Seismic-imaging method takes best 'picture' yet of slippery zone beneath plates Read article: Geophysicists blast their way to the bottom of tectonic plates