Read article: Ambipolar electric field helps shape Earth’s ionosphere
Scientists make first ever measurements of a planet-wide field that could be as fundamental as gravity and magnetic fields
Read article: Why North America has a ‘tornado alley’ and South America doesn’t
There’s a scientific reason why Twisters is set in the US Great Plains rather than Argentina, and it has to do with the Gulf of Mexico
Read article: Hawaiian volcano erupted ‘like a stomp rocket’
Events at Kilauea in 2018 may have been triggered by a previously undescribed mechanism
Read article: Early Earth’s magnetic field strength was similar to today’s
Relatively strong field may have protected life forms 3.7 billion years ago
Read article: Ancient lull in Earth’s magnetic field may have allowed large animals to evolve
Period of ultra-weak field nearly 600 million years ago could have contributed to increase in oxygen levels that favoured complex life
Read article: Weathering and ocean burial of rocks could have triggered Earth’s ice ages
Layered clays called ophiolites trap carbon efficiently and may still be cooling the planet today
Read article: Mystery of how dolomite forms could be solved at long last
Computer simulations and electron microscopy reveal mineral’s secret
Read article: Iron atoms in Earth’s inner core are on the move
Result could shed light on the seismic and geodynamic processes at play deep inside our planet
Read article: Dangerous soil liquefaction can occur away from earthquake epicentres in drained conditions
Discovery could also shed light on the history of earthquakes in a region
Read article: Zircons, plate tectonics and the mystery of life
James Dacey reports how new data from ancient crystals could transform our understanding of life on Earth
