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Hurricane Milton is tied for the fastest-forming Category 5 hurricane on record. It could become the new normal.
By Ben Turner published
Hurricane Milton captured by NASA's GOES-East satellite as it made landfall on Florida's west coast.
Here's why storm surge during hurricanes can be so catastrophic
By Anthony C. Didlake Jr. published
How destructive storm surge gets depends on both the hurricane and the shape of the land.
Mysterious 'blobs' in Earth's mantle are not what we thought, study claims
By Stephanie Pappas published
Lava that erupts from hotspots around the world seems to come from a similar ancestral magma, new research finds.
'Every volcano has its own personality': Mystery Mount Adams earthquake surge under investigation
By Hannah Osborne published
Scientists are installing multiple temporary seismic monitoring stations to get a better understanding of the sharp increase in earthquakes recorded at Mount Adams.
Earth's crust may be building mountains by dripping into the mantle
By Stephanie Pappas published
An odd phenomenon called lithospheric dripping might occur wherever mountains form.
How strong can hurricanes get?
By Stephanie Pappas published
There's a theoretical limit to the maximum sustained wind speeds of hurricanes, but climate change may increase that "speed limit."
Ancient piece of driftwood hidden for thousands of years could hold secrets for combating climate change
By Richard Pallardy published
A 3,775-year-old log found in Canada had barely lost any of its carbon content since being buried, indicating "wood vaulting" is a viable means of carbon storage.
Mystery iron-rich magma entombed in dead volcanoes could be rich source of rare earth elements
By Kimberly M. S. Cartier, Eos.org published
Experiments show how concentrations of rare earth elements, critical to the green energy transition, might be hiding in plain sight in iron-rich deposits around the world.
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