Aubrey Zerkle

Aubrey Zerkle

Live Science Contributor

Aubrey Zerkle is a freelance science writer on topics spanning paleontology, Earth system evolution, astrobiology, and planetary science. She completed a PhD in geosciences at Penn State University and spent 15+ years as an academic researcher before transitioning to science communication. She currently runs the science news website Sciworthy for the non-profit Blue Marble Space.

Latest articles by Aubrey Zerkle

Amazon rainforest is approaching 'tipping points' that could transform it into a drier savanna

By Aubrey Zerkle published

Researchers caution that the Amazon rainforest could disappear in the next hundred years, due to the combined effects of climate change and deforestation, and a new model predicts how that could transpire.

Planet Earth
Western sichuan basin.

400-mile-long chain of fossilized volcanoes discovered beneath China

By Aubrey Zerkle published

Researchers recently discovered a huge chain of extinct volcanoes buried deep below South China that formed when two tectonic plates collided during the breakup of Rodinia, around 800 million years ago.

Volcanos