Steps leading to a debris flow: drought, followed by wildfires, followed by intense precipitation. Credit: Tierney Acott/Institute of Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern

New model developed to predict landslides along wildfire burn scars

Computer modelling showed sauropod feet had a soft tissue pad. Image: Dr Andreas Jannel

Prehistoric podiatry: How dinos carried their enormous weight

Meteorites

Evidence that giant meteorite impacts created the continents

Spinosaurid dinosaurs teeth

The speed at which spinosaurid dinosaur teeth were replaced accounts for...

Molten lava from a Hawaiian volcano. Image: Willyam/Adobe

Volcanic super eruptions are millions of years in the making —...

Earth

Ancient source of oxygen for life hidden deep in the Earth’s...

Thin section of NASA sample, LAP 02436, Lunar Mare Basalt containing indigenous noble gases. Image type: optical microscopy, cross-​polarized light. (Image: ETH Zurich / Patrizia Will)

One more clue to the Moon’s origin

Plesiosaurus and spinosaurus may have both inhabited freshwater rivers

Plesiosaur fossils found in the Sahara suggest they weren’t just marine...

he Fagradalsfjall eruption site viewed from above. The photo shows lava emanating from multiple vents. Tourists for scale. Photograph: Alina V. Shevchenko and Edgar U. Zorn, GFZ Germany

Iceland volcano eruption opens a rare window into the Earth beneath...

Brine pools are one of the most extreme environments on Earth, yet despite their high salinity, exotic chemistry, and complete lack of oxygen, these pools are teeming with life.

Rare deep-sea brine pools discovered in Red Sea

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