Earth Science

Flashflood in Utah triggers Debris Flow

On August 30th massive rain storms precipitated huge amounts of water in this basin in Utah. These then travelled along… Read More

2015-09-21

Volcano monitoring on the next level

Volcanoes are being monitored for quite some time now. Deformational changes and seismicity can be recorded with decent accuracy. However,… Read More

2015-09-18

The difference of a decimal for a tsunami

Off the coast of Chile a strong shallow earthquake triggered a tsunami. Warnings have been going out to Chile, Peru,… Read More

2015-09-17

Exploring Challenger Deep

The Challenger Deep at the Marianna trench is the deepest point on earth measuring 10.91km. People used to think our… Read More

2015-09-11

Progressing ash plume of Eyjafjallajökull

In May 2010 air transportation in Europe came to a halt, when Eyjafjallajökull on Iceland erupted. Now, two years after… Read More

2015-09-04

Aran Islands, Ireland

The Aran Islands just off the coast of Ireland left geologists puzzled for a while now. On top of this… Read More

2015-08-28

Melting drones on Vanuatu – Amazing footage from an active volcano

Recent advances in technology have made drones available to the general public. And as nerds go, they have found brilliant… Read More

2015-07-28

Artificial lava meets ice and water

A team of scientists and artists pour molten basalt into ice and water. When artificial lava meets ice, spectacular images… Read More

2015-03-18

The subjective science of seismic interpretation

The final step in the work with seismic data is seismic interpretation. In a scientific field called geophysics, interpretation sounds… Read More

2015-03-07

Moeraki Boulders, New Zealand

There are a couple of places in this world, I really would like to see. A friend just added the… Read More

2015-02-21