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This is a tidal marsh in Maryland, on a tributary of Chesapeake Bay.

As sea level rises, wetlands crank up their carbon storage

A 2015 wildfire burns in the boreal forest of central Alaska. A recent study by Tyler Hoecker and Philip Higuera reconstructs fire history in a nearby boreal forest landscape and suggests that fire activity over the past several decades has been higher than at any time over the past 450 years.

Alaska forest fires over past 450 years

Scientists used the model to calculate seismic risk in the L.A. Basin

Fast, simple new assessment of earthquake hazard

Roman monuments, including the Colosseum

Seemingly dormant geologic fault damaged famous Roman buildings 1,500 years ago

Rare Earth Elements

Potential new source of rare earth elements

An example of sector zoning

‘Amazing snapshots’ plumb volcanic depths

megalodon's teeth

How megalodon’s teeth evolved into the ‘ultimate cutting tools’

Tibetan Plateau

Tibetan plateau rose later than we thought

Capromyid or hutia fossils that were found digested by Cuban crocodiles,

Ancient mammal remains digested by crocodiles reveal new species

leptocleididae

A small plesiosaur lived in Spain 125 million years ago

Amoebozoa

Amoebae diversified at least 750 million years ago, far earlier than...

Fossil Fish E. diskosomus.

Paleontology: Diversification after mass extinction

These are worm tunnels (labelled) visible in small section of rock.

500-million-year old worm ‘superhighway’ discovered in Canada

This is a fossil hominin talus from site GWM67 (2005) at the time of its discovery.

New findings shed light on origin of upright walking in human...

Ocean Jasper

What Is the Difference Between Agate, Jasper and Chalcedony?

Mt. McRae Shale

Ancient rocks provide clues to Earth’s early history

Yellowstone National Park

‘Incredibly’ diverse microbial community high in Yellowstone

shark teeth

A rare assemblage of sharks and rays from nearshore environments of...

Chinle frog

Oldest frog relative found in North America

Taking a soil core from underwater soil is a bit trickier than soil that's on the surface. Scientists have to utilize boats and plunge the sampling equipment through water and down into the soil.

Getting to the core of underwater soil

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