Mount Etna Eruption on Jan. 12, 2011.
Volcanoes

New automated volcano warning system forecasts imminent eruptions

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For her research Witkowski collected seawater with fresh, modern algae to test potential indicators of the past.
Fossils

Fossil algae reveal 500 million years of climate change

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Mosquitoes in the amber.
Paleontology

Blood-sucking flies have been spreading malaria for 100 million years

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Deception Island.
Volcanoes

A large volcanic eruption shook Deception Island 3,980 years ago

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Close-up of the meteorite fragment showing the fusion crust.
Meteorites

Detective mission to characterise and trace the history of a new...

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During the Triassic period (252-201 million years ago) mammal-like reptiles called therapsids co-existed with ancestors to dinosaurs, crocodiles, mammals, pterosaurs, turtles, frogs, and lizards.
Dinosaur

Gigantic mammal ‘cousin’ discovered

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Field photograph of massive flowstone layers from one of the South African hominin caves, with red cave sediments underneath.
Paleontology

Evolution: South Africa’s hominin record is a fair-weather friend

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A fossil tooth of a hippo (Hippopotamus amphibius) (left) and a fossil tooth of a white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) (right) , two of the few surviving megaherbivores, from the Late Pleistocene of western Kenya (left).
Paleontology

Human ancestors not to blame for ancient mammal extinctions in Africa

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cobalt-copper ore
Mineral Researches

Earth’s cobalt deposits formed much later than previously believed

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Angelenos play below derricks at Huntington Beach pier, c. 1930-40. In the early decades of the twentieth century, LA residents accepted ground subsidence and small earthquakes as the cost of producing oil. But discontent began to rumble in the late 1930s. Rapid exploitation of Wilmington, one of the largest oil fields in California, and the Huntington Beach field caused Long Beach harbor to sink, buckling railway lines and forcing the city to build higher piers. Credit: Orange County Archives
Earthquake

Oil extraction likely triggered mid-century earthquakes in L.A.

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