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Erosion has erased most of Earth’s impact craters. Here are the survivors
Earth’s largest known impact crater measures 160 kilometers in diameter. The newest, yet to be confirmed, stretches a still-whopping 31 kilometers.
By Emily DeMarco | 6:00am, December 18, 2018
Greenland crater illustration
Year in Review | Earth
Greenland crater renewed the debate over an ancient climate mystery
By Carolyn Gramling | 8:27am, December 17, 2018
Kilauea lava fissures
News | Earth
Here’s what was surprising about Kilauea’s 3-month-long eruption
By Jennifer Leman | 6:39pm, December 11, 2018
Siberian Traps
News | Earth
Volcanic eruptions that depleted ocean oxygen may have set off the Great Dying
By Carolyn Gramling | 2:00pm, December 06, 2018
heavy rainstorm
Science Stats | Earth
Half the world’s annual rain falls in just 12 days
By Kyle Plantz | 1:55pm, November 30, 2018
Hurricane Harvey flooding
News | Earth
Here’s how much climate change could cost the U.S.
By Carolyn Gramling | 12:29pm, November 28, 2018
an aerial image of a volcanic ash cloud from Sarychev Peak in Russia
News | Earth
A new algorithm could help protect planes from damaging volcanic ash
By Jennifer Leman | 8:00am, November 27, 2018
illustration of asteroid heading for Earth
News | Earth
A massive crater hides beneath Greenland’s ice
By Carolyn Gramling | 2:00pm, November 14, 2018
bread-crust bubble ash samples
Say What? | Earth
These tiny, crackly bubbles are a new type of volcanic ash
By Jennifer Leman | 12:00pm, November 09, 2018
Earth's magnetic field
News in Brief | Earth
Bizarre metals may help unlock mysteries of how Earth’s magnetic field forms
By Emily Conover | 6:00am, November 07, 2018
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