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An ocean of stars

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has kicked off an epic mission to map the Universe, including potentially dangerous asteroids....
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EPIC FOSSIL HUNTING: TYAUGHTON & CASTLE PEAK

Fossil Huntress | 3 July, 2026
Some places stay with you long after you've left them.Tyaughton, north of Gold Bridge beneath the rugged skyline of Castle Peak, is one of those places for me. It is wild, breathtaking country where glaciers cling to the mountains, marmots whist...
Categories: ammonite; badouxia; chilcotins; fossil; huntress; Lakes; mountains; paleontology; TASEKO;

Volcano World Cup – Round of 32 #4

Eruptions | 3 July, 2026
It is final day of the Round of 32. Check out the full bracket here. You can still vote for Day 1, Day 2 and Day 3 as well! Match 13: Argentina v. Spain Argentina: 0.05% (23,700) live within 30 kilometers of a Holocene volcano; 1.5% (618,000...
Categories: Volcano World Cup; eruption; geology; volcano; volcanoes;

The Rise and Fall of the Arctic Meridional Overturning Circulation (ArcMOC)

Ocean to Climate | 3 July, 2026
This blog post and the "Deep Dive" podcast, created by NotebookLM, are based on "Transient Increase in Arctic Deep-Water Formation and Ocean Circulation under Sea Ice Retreat" by Bretones et al. (2022). Using a long-term climate simulation...
Categories: 2026; AMOC; Arctic & Antarctic; Carbon & Ocean Acidification; Global warming; climate; climate-change; environment;

How to get involved with EGU throughout the year

EGU Geolog | 3 July, 2026
If you recently attended the European Geosciences Union (EGU)'s General Assembly, you may have discovered that EGU is much more than an annual conference. Or perhaps, you recently joined EGU as a member, and are now wondering: How can I become more involved in the EGU community?
Categories: Early Career Scientists; Outreach; EGU funding; EGU resources; opportunities; Volunteer for EGU;

BARNACLES: CUVIER TO DARWIN

Fossil Huntress | 2 July, 2026
Barnacles All Closed Up One of the most interesting and enigmatic little critters we find at the seashore are barnacles. They cling to rocks at the waters' edge, closed to our curiosity, their domed mounds like little closed beaks shut to the w...
Categories: barnacles; cuvier; darwin; death; sex; taxes;

The Monthly Orchid: Coralroots—parasitic cheats or just slackers?

I walked right by these Coralroots! Fortunately I returned the same way and saw them.Welcome to the The Monthly Orchid, a series of blog posts about South Dakota orchids. This one features Coralroots, genus Coralloriza--small inconspicuous plants bu...
Categories: Corallorhiza; Coralroots; mycorrhizae; orchids; South Dakota botany;

Cracks in the Upper Colorado River Basin wall

Inkstain (John Fleck) | 2 July, 2026
People are finally starting to say the quiet parts, the parts so many Upper Basin people have been grumbling about in private, out loud. Via an incredibly important Heather Sackett story: Colorado Sen. Dylan Roberts, a District 8 Democrat who rep...
Categories: Colorado River; water;

Typhoon-battered U.S. Northern Mariana Islands brace for a potential super typhoon

Eye On the Storm | 2 July, 2026
Bavi is expected to undergo rapid intensification before bringing super typhoon conditions to the U.S. Northern Mariana Islands this weekend.
Categories: Eye on the Storm; Feature Article; Weather Extremes; hurricane; Irene Sans; Jeff Masters;

Extreme Heat Is Here: What Columbia Climate School Experts Want You to Know

State of the Planet | 2 July, 2026
As a dangerous early-summer heat wave covers swaths of the globe, Columbia Climate School experts discuss the impacts of extreme heat....
Categories: Climate; Natural Disasters; Alexis Abramson; cs highlights; cs impacts; extreme heat; Gernot Wagner; heat waves; Jeffrey Schlegelmilch; Joshua L. DeVincenzo; MA in Climate and Society; National Center for Disaster Preparedness; Radley M. Horton;

Volcano World Cup – Round of 32 #3

Eruptions | 2 July, 2026
It is day three of the Round of 32. Check out the full bracket here. You can still vote for Day 1 and Day 2 as well! Match 9: Scotland v. Netherlands Scotland: 0% live within 100 kilometers of a Holocene volcano. What am I supposed to do ...
Categories: Volcano World Cup; eruption; geology; volcano; volcanoes;

The Impact of New York’s 2026 Climate Law Retreat – New Sabin Center White Paper

Climate Law Blog | 2 July, 2026
Today, the Sabin Center published a new white paper, The Impact of New York's 2026 Climate Law Retreat. The paper examines the implications of the State's 2026 Amendments to the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA), including how the changes will affect planning, permitting, implementation, and litigation.
Categories: Clean Energy; US Climate Law & Policy; Climate Change; Climate Justice; Climate Law; Energy; energy transition; State Activity; State Law; U.S. Climate Policy;

Geomythology. Neotectonics and Monasticism

With today's post, I would like to temporarily leave (geo)myths behind and enter (geo)history. I was first introduced to the following historical account by Professor Francesco Brozzetti of the University of Chieti (Italy), whose extensive knowledge of the Apennines of Central Italy extends well beyond geology.
Categories: Geomythology; Apennines; calcareous tufa; Italy; neotectonics; seismotectonics; travertine;

Oil-water contacts don’t exist

GEOExPro | 2 July, 2026
Steve's argument goes back to a challenge set by the London Petrophysical Society. They invited petrophysicists to derive a function describing how water saturation varies with depth. Most responses followed the traditional route, searching for increasingly complex saturation vs. height relationships. Steve took a different approach; he focused on bulk vol­ume of water (BVW), a...
Categories: Oil & Gas; Oil and Gas;

Activism & The Old Woman Stone

The Smell of Water | 2 July, 2026
The Old Woman Stone on Bamford Moor High Peak Derbyshire In December 1931 this lovely Bronze Age 2.4m standing stone was deliberately broken and thrown down by the owners of the grouse moor to prevent it from being used as a waymarker by wal...
Categories: Activism; Derbyshire; Prehistory; Standing Stone; Bamford Moor; High Peak; Right to Roam; The Mass Trespass; The Old Woman Stone;

Alpine Glaciers-State of Climate 2024

Global alpine mass balance in 2024 as reported to the World Glacier Monitoring Service. Solid line is the cumulative balance, bars are the annual balance. Each of the last 15 years I have summarized the annual mass balance of alpine glaciers globa...
Categories: climate change glacier retreat; glacier climate change; climate; Climate Change; environment; Featured; glacier mass balance; Glacier retreat;

Unforced Variations: July 2026

RealClimate | 1 July, 2026
This month's open thread on climate topics. Impending El Niño, fossil fuel funded wedges, retirements, heat waves, and the same old, same old, from the usual suspects. Try to discuss these things calmly! The post Unforced Variations: July 202...
Categories: Climate Science; Open thread; Solutions;

The 2025-2026 Earth Sciences Annual Report is Out

Wooster Geologists | 1 July, 2026
Great to see that The College of Wooster Earth Sciences Annual Report is now out. Thanks to Nat McCoy (ESCI Administrative Coordinator) and Dr. Meagen Pollock (ESCI Chair) for their hard work in assembling this record of all the activities over the past year. You can access a copy here.
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NASA Data Helps CDC Track Air Quality During World Cup 2026

NASA Science News | 1 July, 2026
With the 2026 FIFA World Cup underway, NASA air quality information is helping CDC support public health planning near tournament sites.NASA/Luna Posadas Nava As the United States men's national team takes the field against Bosnia and Herzegovina ...
Categories: Earth; Earth's Atmosphere; Goddard Space Flight Center; Human Dimensions;

The Devastating June 2026 Earthquakes in Venezuela

Dr Roseanne Chambers | 1 July, 2026
Two deadly earthquakes rocked northwestern Venezuela on June 24, 2026. In a remarkable sequence, a magnitude 7.2 foreshock was followed 39 seconds later by a magnitude 7.5 mainshock (the two separate USGS Shakemaps are shown below). The region has ha...
Categories: Our Amazing Earth; earthquakes; magnitude; strike-slip; tectonic; Venezuela;

New U.N. Resolution Urges Member States to Act for Glacier Preservation

State of the Planet | 1 July, 2026
The resolution, spearheaded by Tajikistan (along with Peru and Bhutan), marks a historic first for Central Asia. It emphasizes the importance of Indigenous populations affected by glacier loss....
Categories: GlacierHub; glacier loss; glaciers; Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory; UN;

Volcano World Cup – Round of 32 #2

Eruptions | 1 July, 2026
It is day two of the Round of 32. Check out the full bracket here. Match 5: Colombia v. England Colombia: 7.2% (3.26 million) live within 30 kilometers of a Holocene volcano; 30% (13.41 million) live within 100 kilometers of a Holocene volcano....
Categories: Volcano World Cup; eruption; geology; volcano; volcanoes;

VANCOUVER ISLAND'S ICE AGE CAVES: WHERE GIANT GROUND SLOTHS STILL SLEEP

Fossil Huntress | 1 July, 2026
There is a version of Vancouver Island that few ever see.Not the emerald forests draped in moss, the crashing Pacific surf or the towering Douglas firs reaching skyward, but another world hidden beneath our feet. A world of silent limestone cham...
Categories: age; fauna; fossil; fossils; huntress; ice; id; identification; island; Vancouver;

UK Critical Minerals Intelligence Centre makes recommendations for the next UK criticality assessment

This report strengthens the UK's critically assessment by integrating market dynamics, supply-chain interdependencies, geopolitical risks and climate vulnerabilities through multiple complementary indicators. Material flow characterisation strengthens trade-based indicators, while the integration of climate vulnerability into the ESG criteria addresses a critical gap with minimal methodological disruption. Corporate concentration and production forecasting were also evaluated and deemed to offer the best value for targeted, deep-dive analyses and potential stress-testing of industry supply chains, but data limitations prevent systematic application in criticality assessments.
Categories: BGS news; cmic; critical minerals; critical raw materials; minerals;

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