A recent study reveals that the Poás volcano has changed its eruption pattern, redefining the global ash-related risk map.

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How did humans become human? Understanding when, where and in what environmental conditions our early ancestors lived is central to solving the puzzle of human evolution. Unfortunately, pinning down a ...

A new NASA climate simulation suggests that extremely large volcanic eruptions called “flood basalt eruptions” might significantly warm Earth’s climate and devastate the ozone layer that shields life ...

Ciara Wanket drilling for sedaDNA samples in Canada’s Yukon territory. This ash layer from the volcano eruption she studied is visible as a pale stripe in the dark permafrost sediment. For the first ...

Learn how new research challenges the age of Monte Verde and what it means for early human migration in South America. A famous archaeological site in southern Chile may not be as old as scientists ...