Read article: Threads of fire: uncovering volcanic secrets with Pele’s hair and tears
Hear from volcanologists about these stunning geological phenomena and the thrill of working in volcanic landscapes
Read article: Setting the scale: the life and work of Anders Celsius
Tom Tierney reviews Celsius: a Life and Death by Degrees by Ian Hembrow
Read article: Lightning sets off bursts of high-energy electrons in Earth’s inner radiation belt
Unexpected finding could help determine the safest times to launch spacecraft
Read article: Pele’s hair-raising physics: glassy gifts from a volcano goddess
Volcanic hairs and tears reveal a wealth of information about what lies within lava
Read article: Ambipolar electric field helps shape Earth’s ionosphere
Scientists make first ever measurements of a planet-wide field that could be as fundamental as gravity and magnetic fields
Read article: Why North America has a ‘tornado alley’ and South America doesn’t
There’s a scientific reason why Twisters is set in the US Great Plains rather than Argentina, and it has to do with the Gulf of Mexico
Read article: Hawaiian volcano erupted ‘like a stomp rocket’
Events at Kilauea in 2018 may have been triggered by a previously undescribed mechanism
Read article: Early Earth’s magnetic field strength was similar to today’s
Relatively strong field may have protected life forms 3.7 billion years ago
Read article: Ancient lull in Earth’s magnetic field may have allowed large animals to evolve
Period of ultra-weak field nearly 600 million years ago could have contributed to increase in oxygen levels that favoured complex life
Read article: Weathering and ocean burial of rocks could have triggered Earth’s ice ages
Layered clays called ophiolites trap carbon efficiently and may still be cooling the planet today
