When the blast from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius reached Herculaneum in AD79, it burned hundreds of ancient scrolls to a crisp in the library…
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Fears over Antarctic sea ice as yearly ozone layer hole forms ‘very early’
The hole in the ozone layer has begun to form early this year, prompting warnings that a larger-than-average hole may further warm the Southern Ocean…
View More Fears over Antarctic sea ice as yearly ozone layer hole forms ‘very early’Terrawatch: Santorini braces as explosive volcano stirs
It has been quiet for nearly 400 years, but Kolumbo, an underwater volcano just off the Greek island of Santorini, is not asleep. A previously…
View More Terrawatch: Santorini braces as explosive volcano stirsWatch out for the Sharkcano! What happens when an underwater volcano erupts?
Name: Sharkcano. Age: The first recorded eruption of Kavachi, a submarine volcano, was in 1939, but it’s almost certainly been around longer than that. You’d…
View More Watch out for the Sharkcano! What happens when an underwater volcano erupts?Climate crisis: what lessons can we learn from the last great cooling-off period?
In early February 1814, an elephant walked across the surface of the Thames near Blackfriars Bridge in London. The stunt was performed during the frost…
View More Climate crisis: what lessons can we learn from the last great cooling-off period?Terrawatch: Earth’s ‘boring’ plate tectonics period
Today our planet is a lively place: the climate swings from greenhouse to icehouse and back again, while earthquakes, volcanoes, mountain ranges and ocean trenches…
View More Terrawatch: Earth’s ‘boring’ plate tectonics periodTerrawatch: witnessing a ‘lava shield’ volcano form
Covid has disrupted many forms of entertainment, but for Icelanders the Earth has stepped in and provided a spectacular Covid-safe show. Just over three months…
View More Terrawatch: witnessing a ‘lava shield’ volcano formAncient tsunami could have wiped out Scottish cities today, study finds
Towns and cities across Scotland would be devastated if the country’s coastline was hit by a tsunami of the kind that happened 8,200 years ago,…
View More Ancient tsunami could have wiped out Scottish cities today, study finds