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A massive, long-ago extinction was once thought to have been caused by a destructive wave of volcanic activity. Scientists now point their fingers at another culprit. A giant, deadly “Earth burp.” Micha Ruhl and researchers from the Nordic Center for Earth Evolution at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark have …

A stunning new video of Iceland’s rumbling, smoking volcano Eyjafjallajokull shows rainbow-like shockwaves belching from the crater like snakes from a can of nuts. Nothing to fear, though, it’s merely the aftereffects of Plinian events. While rarely captured this well on film, they’re not uncommon, according to vulcanologist Jim Quick, …

Blam! Kapow! Smack! The bell has rung for the latest round of climate talks, but the battle continues among climate scientists too, making only one thing truly clear — the science of global warming simply isn’t settled. Climate science suffered a black eye over the past 12 months, following revelations …