Nuclear waste is one of the biggest downsides to nuclear power, and can remain dangerous for hundreds of thousands of years.  Geological disposal is often stated as the most preferable way of…

Several Italian scientists may be charged later this year with manslaughter over the deaths of 308 people who died in and around l'Aquila in 2009.  Is this reasonable? I wanted to write about…

As a first post (ever) I would like to write a little about Santorini, the volcano I plan to spend the next three years studying.  It may be a little self-indulgent, but I hope you'll find this…

A team of scientists say they have reconstructed the Earth's climate belts of the late Ordovician Period, between 460 and 445 million years ago, and their study says these ancient climate belts were…

Ashfall On Katla Unless you have been vacationing on the far side of the moon, you will have seen lots of pictures of the recent Eyjafjallajökull eruption. Location map, courtesy Wikimedia Commons On…

Jakobshavn Glacier Second Calving ?The calving front of Jakobshavn glacier has retreated dramatically since about 1850, to the point that the two main outflow ice streams can be seen as separate…

What I don't understand is why the Former States of the Soviet Union need Russia in their affairs.  They would be much better off working together, considering that they share a language. …

Is Eyjafjallajökull Playing Possum? Since the April and early May grounding of aircraft in much of Europe, the Eyjafjallajökull eruption has been producing - relatively - much less plume and appears…

The Yangtze River in China is 40 million years older than was previously thought, according to new research. A study of minerals reveals that the Yangtze River began to cut the Three Gorges area…

A major earthquake, comparable to the one that hit Chile earlier this year, could strike the Pacific Northwest coast of the United States, Oregon State geologists say.There is more than a one-in-…