Dismantling the Ship That Drilled for the Ocean’s Deepest SecretsMaya Wei-Haas has a doctorate in earth science and has reported on numerous discoveries that resulted from research expeditions of the JOIDES Resolution. A global cataclysm is portrayed in black and white in the sediments off the southeastern coast… Aug 26 24August 26, 2024Article at New York Times
Volcanic Eruption in Deep Ocean Ridge Is Witnessed by Scientists for First TimeResearchers diving in a submersible in the eastern Pacific realized that the landscape they had studied the day before had been glassed over by fresh lava. May 02 25May 02, 2025Article at New York Times
DNA traces Picuris Pueblo Tribe’s ancient ancestral ties to Chaco CanyonThe project could bolster tribal land rights and serve as a model for partnership between scientists and Indigenous communities Apr 30 25April 30, 2025Article at science.org
Cómo protegerte en caso de terremotoEl 28 de marzo, un terremoto de magnitud 7,7 sacudió el centro de Birmania, devastando comunidades y matando al menos a 3500 personas. El sismo también provocó que los edificios se tambalearan, e incluso se derrumbaran, en la zona turística de… Apr 13 25April 13, 2025Article at New York Times
How to Stay Safe if You’re Traveling and an Earthquake StrikesMany popular vacation destinations, like California, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Thailand and the Caribbean are in active quake zones. Here are tips for staying safe. Apr 08 25April 08, 2025Article at New York Times
Declassified satellite photos reveal impacts of Vietnam WarBy pinpointing bomb craters and swaths sprayed with herbicides, analysis could help direct remediation and cleanup efforts Dec 13 24December 13, 2024Article at science.org
A tsunami in a remote fjord rang Earth like a bell for 9 daysIn September 2023, an unusual seismic signal raced around the world, zipping from eastern Greenland to Antarctica in less than 1 hour. The seismic waves continued to radiate worldwide for 9 days, ringing Earth like a giant bell. Now, scientists have… Sep 12 24September 12, 2024Article at science.org
Record-breaking trove of mantle rocks hints at how magma feeds seafloor volcanoesLast summer, a team of scientists extracted their biggest sample yet of rocks from Earth’s mantle, the 2900-kilometer-thick layer of the planet sandwiched between Earth’s crust and core. Now, the first analysis of those rocks, published today in… Aug 08 24August 08, 2024Article at science.org
Bringing Auckland’s Volcanic Underworld to LightIn a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand, a lush, almost tropical oasis hides behind the home of Sean and Annie Jacob. Palm trees tower over the verdant lands. Cheery marigolds blossom in raised garden beds. And water invitingly ripples in an elevated… Jul 10 24July 10, 2024Article at smithsonianmag.com
Kilauea's 2018 eruption shows how a volcano can act like a 'Stomp Rocket' toyOn April 30, 2018, Kilauea, the dozing 1247-meter-tall volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island, reawakened. Molten rock surged from a crack on Kilauea's flank, marking the start of its largest eruption in centuries. It would eventually expel enough lava to… May 27 24May 27, 2024Article at science.org
Iceland’s Recent Volcanic Eruptions Are Unleashing Deep SecretsEach dramatic episode over the past few years has led to fresh geologic revelations, and researchers think another bout is on the way An eruption cracked through the silence of night last December 18 as molten rock burst from the ground of Iceland’s… Feb 21 24February 21, 2024Article at smithsonianmag.com
Tectonic plate under Tibet may be splitting in twoThe towering peaks of the Himalayas are a geologic battleground—a slowmotion collision of the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates. The crunch began some 60 million years ago as India, then an island, plowed into Eurasia, buckling the surface and… Jan 10 24January 10, 2024Article at science.org
Deep Beneath Earth’s Surface, Clues to Life’s OriginsBy Maya Wei-HaasContributing WriterJanuary 4, 2024astrobiologyearth sciencegeochemistrygeologygeophysicsmicrobesoceansorigins of lifeplate tectonicsAll topics Introduction Near midnight on March 26, 1961, dark waters lapped at the hull of a converted… Jan 04 24January 04, 2024Article at Quanta Magazine
New Evidence That Ancient Footprints Push Back Human Arrival in North AmericaFollowing up a on study in 2021 of tracks found in New Mexico, researchers used more methods to bolster the claim that the tracks are up to 23,000 years old. Hidden within the seemingly barren expanse of White Sands National Park in New Mexico are… Oct 05 23October 05, 2023Article at New York Times
¿Cómo consiguieron su color los diamantes rosas de Australia?Investigadores australianos dijeron que las coloridas gemas de la mina Argyle, que produjo más del 90 por ciento de las piedras rosas del mundo, pueden haber surgido cuando un supercontinente se dividió. Los diamantes rosas llevan la moda de Barbie a… Sep 23 23September 23, 2023Article at New York Times
Pink Diamonds Emerged Out of One of Earth’s Most Ancient BreakupsAustralian researchers said the colorful gems of the Argyle mine, which produced more than 90 percent of the world’s pink stones, may have erupted when a supercontinent split. Pink diamonds take the Barbiecore craze to another level, but the rosy… Sep 19 23September 19, 2023Article at New York Times
Satellite Data Yields Clues to Morocco’s ‘Blind Earthquake’The observations from orbit suggest that a fault that had been inactive in modern times ruptured on Friday. Just before sunrise on Monday, a satellite peered down on regions of Morocco that had been damaged by an earthquake Friday night. The data it… Sep 12 23September 12, 2023Article at New York Times
Measurements of the earthquake’s precise strength could shift in the coming days.By Maya Wei-Haas and Constant Méheut Published as part of The New York Times live updates about the Morocco Earthquake On Saturday, the National Institute of Geophysics in Morocco reported the earthquake at a magnitude of 7.2, while the United States… Sep 08 23September 08, 2023Article at New York Times
Slow-moving seismology can result in Morocco’s infrequent but deadly eruptions.By Maya Wei-Haas Published as part of The New York Times live updates about the Morocco Earthquake Earthquakes in northern Africa, while not frequent, are not unexpected. Morocco is positioned at the juncture of a slow-motion tectonic crash between… Sep 06 23September 06, 2023Article at New York Times
When Ancient Eruptions Pumped Diamonds to Earth’s SurfaceGet stories that capture the wonders of nature, the cosmos and the human body. Get it sent to your inbox. While diamonds might look pretty perched atop a ring, the rocks they hail from venture to Earth’s surface in a journey that’s anything but… Jul 26 23July 26, 2023Article at New York Times
Taking the First Steps Into a Newly Formed Volcanic UnderworldMore than a year after a devastating eruption in the Canary Islands, a team is exploring a braided network of still-hot lava tubes. Scientists explore the lava tube they have dubbed the "Red Cave" for its rusty hues. Arturo Rodriguez A cone of light… Jul 19 23July 19, 2023Article at Atlas Obscura
