Getting people into space takes the right tech, the right talent, and the right policies....

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Apoderoceras / Stonebarrow FossilsMeet Apoderoceras, one of the Jurassic's finest ammonites.This beauty is a personal fav of mine and you can see why!These elegant ammonites were masters of sexual dimorphism. The macroconchs -- females -- could gro...

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Be sure to vote for Group B in the poll at the bottom! Canada - 37/24/1/0 Mount Meager in British Columbia. Credit: David Steers / Wikimedia Commons I think many people don't believe that Canada has volcanoes. Not that it is a conspiracy...

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Pride month arrives this year against a backdrop of institutional irony. In the United States, federal research funding has been thoroughly weaponised and forced a massive scientific brain drain across the Atlantic. In Europe, a multi-million-euro ef...

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Geodesy is fundamental to understanding our dynamic planet. From monitoring sea-level rise and glacier melt to maintaining precise terrestrial reference frames for GNSS and Earth observation, geodesy provides the scientific backbone for many disciplines represented within the EGU and beyond. Despite its importance, geodesy often remains invisible outside the scientific community. Even within geosciences, many people use geodetic products daily without fully realizing the complex infrastructure and science behind them.

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The first time I stood on sea ice, I could not tell which direction the coast was. A community member named Bryan could. That gap in situational awareness, between what a trained remote sensing scientist could read from the landscape and what a local hunter understood instinctively, turned out to mirror almost exactly the gap in our satellite data: ICESat-2 produces reliable freeboard across the central Arctic but goes systematically blind within 25 km of every coastline. This post traces that coastal data gap from its algorithmic roots through its ecological and human consequences, and asks what it would mean to build satellite products that close it on the terms of the communities who need them most.

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THE REALITY BEHIND FLASHY JOB TITLES I recently spoke with someone who works for a large international operator. To me, as a representative of a very small company, the job titles these people have always sounded very impressive. Exploration manager, this or that, it all suggests major responsibility and momentum. But when I bluntly asked...

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The largest Philippines shock in a half century -- a magnitude 7.8 event -- struck an earthquake-weary country on June 7, 2026, shaking the southernmost island of Mindanao. As of this writing, the Philippines authorities are reporting 47 deaths, several building collapses, and extensive building and infrastructure damage in General Santos City, which lays 55 kilometers (35 miles) north of the epicenter (Figure 1). In addition, a tsunami of 0.5 meters struck Davao City. Fortunately, the 55 kilometer depth of the quake, and its location 25 kilometers offshore, reduced its tsunami potential and its peak shaking intensity on land.

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The author reflects on Jeffrey Sachs, the U.N., and the need to redesign global institutions for a world shaped by climate change, poverty and geopolitical strain....

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The arrival of El Niño is increasing confidence in a quieter-than-normal 2026 Atlantic hurricane season. Colorado State University now expects only 11 named storms this year, well below average. Still, forecasters warn that it only takes one landfalling hurricane to cause significant impacts, regardless of seasonal totals.

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One of my former political ecology teachers, Robert Biel, has had this incredible ability to use political theories to connect the deeply theoretical with the banal everyday, the micro with the macro, and the natural with the social sciences. He woul...

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Physics of the Cosmos...Physics of the Cosmos CommunityGW SIG Seminar, 17...AboutCommunityProgram Analysis Group (PhysPAG)Science GroupsMeetingsCosmic PathfindersScience GapsEarly Career WorkshopsOpportunitiesMissionsStudiesNews & EventsResources  ...

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For this  episode of HydroTalks, we're thrilled to welcome Dr. Ilias Pechlivanidis, Senior Researcher and Associate Professor (Docent) in hydrology and water resources at the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI), and Visiting Researcher at Uppsala University.

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Researchers tested soccer balls aboard the International Space Station to study how internal mass affects motion and stability in microgravity....

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Ordovician SeasOrdovician seas, some 485 to 444 million years ago, were gloriously alive. If the Cambrian was Earth's exuberant dress rehearsal for complex life, the Ordovician was opening night. The oceans swelled with innovation, diversit...

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Volcano World Cup - Group A Remember to cast your vote for Group A at the bottom of this post! Pool A Mexico - 76/30/9/5 - Popocatépetl Popocatépetl in Mexico. Image by Russ Bowling / Flickr. Mexico has a lot of volcanoes. Some...

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Microbiologist Arwyn Edwards discusses the complex role of microbial life in glacial ecosystems and the impact of climate change on his field....

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Projected number of properties highly likely or extremely likely to be affected by clay shrink-swell due to climate change compared with London boroughs at greatest risk of being affected by 2070. BGS © UKRI 2026.

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"When people make a creaming curve for a basin," says Ian Longley from GIS-Pax, "they draw a line, and say that's going to be the future for the basin." "The problem with that methodolo­gy is, when you predict to find, let's say, 500 MMbbl in ten years, there is noth­ing to inform you about whether...

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 I nearly missed this insect as I was sipping my evening coffee.

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Zeke Hausfather has reported that since 2014, CO2 emissions have leveled off. Not only that, he has estimated how much that has reduced the atmospheric CO2 load, compared to what is would have been if CO2 emissions kept increasing like ... Continue r...

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For decades, the International Whaling Commission (IWC) was defined by a single, highly polarized debate: the battle between pro-whaling and anti-whaling nations over commercial catch quotas. Today, however, the landscape of the IWC has radically evo...

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A train transports eight booster motor segments for the SLS (Space Launch System rocket) that will power NASA's Artemis III mission from Northrop Grumman's Railyard Shipping Facility in Corinne, Utah, June 2, to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in F...

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In November 2025, one of the first climate-related asylum appeals was reviewed in the UK, by the UK's First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) and approved on human rights grounds. In FA v Secretary of State for the Home Department (SSHD), the appellant (FA) argued that climate-related hardship, poor mental health relating to the loss of his house to a typhoon, and family (partner) separation would constitute a violation of his human rights if he were returned to the Philippines, particularly the right to private and family life (Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)). The Tribunal Judge determined that the individual would be allowed to remain in the UK, preventing his removal back to his home country, the Philippines. This blog post discusses how this case fits in with the UK legal system, other European climate migration cases, and broader legal approaches to climate-related migration to receiving countries. It proceeds by providing a background on the UK asylum system and the FA case, how the case tackled the question of 'climate refugees', how the case relates to decisions by other domestic courts, and pathways forward for potential climate-related protections for those seeking asylum in the UK. With the latter, it considers the impact of a potential case at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

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Mist clings to the moss-draped cedars, and the river below churns with the silver flash of salmon fighting upstream. Then, out of the shadows, a pale figure steps onto the slick stones--a spirit bear, its coat glowing against the emerald forest...

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