Volcanic eruptions can destroy essential infrastructure, ground air traffic for days, wipe out entire cities, disrupt the climate for years, and even wipe out life on Earth, so it's important to know ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. Jan 08, 2025, 02:54pm EST Jan 09, 2025, 12:23pm EST A new ...

When a Mars-sized meteorite slammed into Earth billions of years ago, the impact completely reset any and all chemical processes on Earth, leaving nothing from before. Or so we thought. Reading time 3 ...

One of the strangest mysteries about our Earth is the presence of two dense, giant blobs inexplicably clustered above the planet's core. Now, new models might reveal where they have come from, and ...

The moon during a 2022 lunar eclipse. Erik Johnson Erik Johnson The moon during a 2022 lunar eclipse. A lunar eclipse is happening on March 14, a day some people celebrate as Pi Day. You may see a ...

A team of geophysicists say that an enormous mass shifted deep beneath the Earth’s surface 18 years ago. As detailed in a paper published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters last month, a team ...

There's a lot more to Earth than meets the eye. Far from being just a roundish rock barreling through space, our planet is composed of several layers held together by intense forces of gravity. Our ...

Explosive volcanic eruptions don't just damage property and cancel flights. They can kill hundreds or even thousands of people, burying them under lethal 'pyroclastic' flows. Now, scientists in ...