Solid Earth Geophysics News Today

The outgoing Editor-in-Chief of JGR: Solid Earth reflects on their tenure and expresses appreciation to all those who contributed to the success of the journal over recent years.

One of the counties most at risk from coastal erosion will provide the location for a technologically advanced pilot study to better understand and pred...

The eruption is currently not threatening nearby communities, but this could change at any second, as lava has already been seen erupting from the summit.

"If the vents should migrate to rift zones outside of the caldera, then voluminous lava flows could threaten towns on the island," scientist Jessica Johnson told Newsweek.

The region of Southeast Asia has a complicated geological history in one of the most tectonically active regions of our planet. This complexity derives from the fact that Southeast Asia is situated at the junction of four major tectonic plates (Eurasian, Indian–Australian, Pacific, and Philippine Sea) with a few smaller microplates, and therefore its geological evolution is strongly related to diverse plate tectonic activity. In addition to this complexity, Southeast Asia includes unexplored a...

The South China Sea (SCS), one of the largest marginal seas in the western Pacific, has a distinct setting that superposes complex tectonic environments, such as subduction setting, continental rifting, and seafloor spreading. Even through the SCS is a well-studied marginal sea, there are a number of unsolved questions concerning its formation, evolution, and geodynamic processes. The continental shelf of the SCS is one of the widest and biggest in the world, and its sediments preserve a stratig...

Earth and some other celestial bodies in our solar system are continuously deforming. Plate tectonics, the largest expression of such deformations, is key for life on Earth as it recycles resources and nutrients throughout the crust and mantle; but is also the reason behind the majority of geological processes including natural hazards such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and landslides. Plate tectonics on Earth and possibly on other celestial bodies is just the visible expression of deformat...

Nowadays, climate change is a significant issue due to the escalated combustion of conventional fossil fuels, such as coal and petroleum. In order to reach the 1.5 °C temperature goal proposed by the Paris Climate Agreement, “Carbon Peak” and “Carbon Neutrality” have become the most challenging social, environmental, and economic issues for most countries, especially for developing countries like China and India. Therefore, it is vital to develop low carbon to zero-carbon energy technol...

Maya Tolstoy has been named the Maggie Walker Dean of the College of the Environment, University of Washington Provost Mark Richards announced today. Tolstoy’s appointment as dean, set to begin Jan. 1, 2022, is subject to approval by the UW Board of