Meltwater accumulation within 160 feet of the surface causes these bright, white reflections to dim to grey from June to early August before stabilizing in late August.

Scientists find missing piece in glacier melt predictions

Huge earthquake simulator getting upgrade to better simulate deadly temblors

One of the petrified remains of a victim of the eruption of Vesuvius volcano in 79 BC

New Pompeii evidence rewrites Vesuvius eruption history

Jaw with a durophagous dentition consisting of teeth with thick enamel of the gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata): The large molariform tooth was used for oxygen isotope analysis and to estimate the size of the fish.

Extensive trade in fish between Egypt and Canaan 3,500 years ago

flying squirrel Miopetaurista neogrivensis.

Oldest fossil of a flying squirrel sheds new light on its...

Mount Etna in Italy

GeoSEA array records sliding of Mount Etna’s southeastern flank

Etna eruption

Volcano researcher learns how Earth builds supereruption-feeding magma systems

This is a virtual rendering of the Visogliano and Fontana Ranuccio teeth.

Neanderthal-like features in 450,000-year-old fossil teeth from the Italian Peninsula

Earth's mantle (dark red) lies below the crust (brown layer near the surface) and above the outer core (bright red).

A wrench in Earth’s engine: Stagnant slabs

Kaikoura earthquake research suggests new approach to earthquake forecasting

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