Home Values Are Another Casualty of Fracking
In Oklahoma, major earthquakes—virtually unknown in the state until the fracking boom—depress property values.
Geology
'Time for a Gut-Check': What Geology Can Tell Us About the Keystone XL Decision
While the legal fight hinges on the pipeline's new route, risks below ground remain the same.
The Markers of the Anthropocene
Humans have altered the Earth so much over the last generation that scientists expect geologists of the future to be able find our signature.
A Historic Eruption
In Island on Fire, Alexandra Witze and Jeff Kanipe put recent volcanic events into the context of the legendary 1783 eruption of Iceland's Laki.
Easter Earthquake Pointed Out Some Faults
A deadly 2010 earthquake in Mexico that sealed off an overtaxed fishing ground also revealed a “treasure trove” of seismic data in California.
Christchurch Still Shaken By Quake One Year Later
A deadly earthquake that devastated Christchurch, New Zealand, a year ago still has policymakers asking what should be the city's next step as it rebuilds and redesigns.
New Dirt on Climate Change
Researchers have drilled into the middle of America in hopes of understanding past eras when the Earth burped out huge amounts of greenhouse gases.
Comet Theory Comes Crashing to Earth
An elegant archaeological hypothesis, under fire for results that can’t be replicated, may ultimately come undone.
The Fact and Fiction of Earthquake Prediction
A lucid look at decades of failed attempts to reach seismology's Holy Grail: the precise prediction of when earthquakes will occur.