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Earth.com •

Giant volcano eruption cleaned methane from the atmosphere

When an explosion occurred from the underwater Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha’apai volcano on 1/15/2022, the eruption created a tremor within the Earth’s atmosphere that was highly powerful. In addition to launching ash, gas, and water vapor high into the sky, scientists determined that the eruption represented one of the largest volcanic explosions in recent times.But the volcano did something nobody expected.Rather than only emitting climate-warming emissions into the atmosphere, the eruption seemingly...
dw.com •

The sea that is vanishing in real time

The world's largest inland body of water is retreating at an alarming speed. From stranded buildings to vanishing habitats, scientists warn the Caspian Sea may be approaching a tipping point.As a child, Iranian environmental journalist Maryam spent much of her time by the Caspian Sea. From her coastal home in the northern city of Rudsar, she witnessed how the water levels would fluctuate, so much so that in the 1990s, flooding along parts of Iran's northern shoreline left some of her relatives h...
Phys.org •

Relamination: A mechanism that has been shaping continents for billions of years

An international team led by researchers from the National Museum of Natural Sciences (MNCN-CSIC) has identified a key mechanism that has shaped Earth's continents over billions of years. This mechanism is the deep re-lamination of subducted continental crust, a process that explains the origin of certain magmas and offers a new perspective on continental evolution from the Archean (between 3.8 and 2.5 billion years ago) to recent times.

The study, published in the journal Nature Geoscience, combines numerical geodynamic modeling and high-pressure experiments to unravel how fragments of continental crust can give rise to hybrid magmas that fuel major magmatic events following continental collisions, generating new...
Bill McKibben - The Crucial Years •

A Hinge Moment on Planet Earth (And some politicians are just standing in the door)

Many of the people who’ve been working for years on climate issues assembled this week in Santa Marta, Colombia for a conference on how to get off fossil fuels. Sponsored by the Colombians and the Dutch, it was an outgrowth of December’s unhappy COP negotiations in Brazil: the fifty or so nations that actually wanted to move decisively past coal, gas and oil scheduled a meeting of their own. By all accounts it was a kinder, gentler version of the regular climate talks, in part because fossil fue...
Stephanie Pappas - Live Science •

Mount Etna is like no other volcano on Earth, representing 'a new type of volcanism,' new research reveals

Mount Etna is like no other volcano on Earth, new research finds. In fact, the volcano may have formed in a bizarre way, reminiscent of how some seamounts, called petit-spot volcanoes, grow on the ocean floor, researchers reported April 7 in the journal JGR Solid Earth. Although these seamounts are tiny —‬ just a few hundred feet tall — Mount Etna towers 11,165 feet (3,403 meters) above sea level."This actually represents a new type of volcanism," Sarah Lambart, a petrologist at the University o...
Going Awesome Places •

Level Up Your Travel Videos: The Top Cameras We As Creators Swear By

As a travel content creator and YouTuber, we’ve spent years refining our filming process so we thought it was about time to share the secrets of what we think are the best cameras for videographers.Looking through everything we typically use on a video project, we break down all of the camera gear that we use.


Before we dive into the camera gear in the travel space, it’s worth talking about how we arrived at these recommendations.


Every photographer and videographer goes through their ow...
The Big Outside •

Hiking New Zealand’s Epic Tongariro Alpine Crossing - The Big Outside

When we arrive at the Mangatepōpō Road end to start one of New Zealand’s most beloved dayhikes, the Tongariro Alpine Crossing, the air remains cool, a bracing wind rips across the almost barren, volcanic landscape, and the cloud ceiling hangs so low you can almost reach up and swipe a hand through the fog’s underbelly. But this is New Zealand, where if you’re going to pass on a hike because of a little inclement weather, you’re going to miss out on a lot of hikes...
The Broke Backpacker •

18 Incredible Off-Beat Adventures for Your 2026 Bucketlist!

In times of ever-increasing instagram-fied locales, digital nomad hotspots, and “remote” areas that feel more like Western Europe than wherever the hell they really are, my cravings for a REAL adventure are stronger than ever.

I’m talking about the type of adventure that got me on the road in the first place: raw, gritty, dirtbaggery beauty that reminds me those two fantastical years I spent slumming it around India with just my backpack, a handheld map, and $3000 to my name...
NASA •

Our Planet, Our Home┃ An Earth Day Perspective

Editor's note: video courtesy of NASA's archives

We are all connected to and by Earth --- whether it's the trees and plants that give us the oxygen we breathe, the snow-capped mountains that provide the water we drink, or the breathtaking geophysical forces that shape the land beneath our feet. NASA has over 20 satellites measuring the height of oceans and inland water, clouds and precipitation, carbon dioxide and much more. By understanding our changing world, we improve lives and safeguard our future.

https://images.nasa.gov/details-Our%20Planet%20Our%20Home%20An%20Earth%20Day%20Perspective_S

Video Credits:
Producer/Editor: Amy Leniart
Writer: Jim Wilson
Co-Writers: Karen Fox, Amy Leniart, Tylar Greene