On this very date, 18th of May, 30 years ago, Mount St. Helens reawakened with a devastating eruption. If it weren't for the magnificent images taken by the USGS I would have had a hard time …

Scientists at the University of Miami say Greenland's ice is melting so quickly that the land underneath is rising at an accelerated pace. According to the study, some coastal areas are going up by…

Which would you rather eat-- cotton candy, a volcano, or broken glass?  Turns out they're the same thing.  Ivan Amato breaks this news in Volcanic ash and cotton candy share molecular…

A sinkhole in Saint-Jude, Quebec has just collapsed a house, killing a family of four inside, leading people to ask what they are, how they occur and obviously who is at risk. Sinkholes are…

New Volcano Plume - New Partial Flight Ban A significant ash plume from Iceland is headed to U.K. airspace. Precautionary flight bans affect Irish Republic, Northern Ireland and Scotland's Outer…

By observing distant earthquakes, researchers at the University of Calgary have revealed new clues about the interior of our planet. They say they have discovered that the composition of Earth's…

High-resolution visible and thermal infrared images captured by a joint NASA-Japanese satellite sensor have provided the first clear glimpse of the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull that began…

Eric takes on earthquakes in his article, using fancy-schmancy words like seismology and strike-slip fault and logic. But all is for naught - a brave attempt, my fellow Scientific Blogger, but you…

Eyjafjallajökull, Gígjökull, Jökulhlaup, Gosmökkur The world is suddenly faced with the need to learn how to pronounce Islenska, the Icelandic language. With much of European airspace closed due to…

Chemical analysis of a stalagmite found in the mountainous Buckeye Creek basin of West Virginia suggests that native Americans contributed a significant level of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere…