Frontiers in Earth Science

Jingmai O’Connor: ‘I think people imagine we spend far more time digging up fossils than we actually do’

February 22, 2021

Jingmai O'Connor crossing her arms and leaning on a table while looking at fossilized remains of a bird.

By Colm Gorey, Frontiers science writer/Jingmai O’Connor Jingmai O’Connor, associate curator of fossil reptiles at Chicago’s Field Museum. Image: Jesse Goldberg [...]

Citizen scientists help geologists to identify earthquakes and tectonic tremors

August 6, 2020

Citizen scientists help earth scientists to identify seismic events: Frontiers in Earth Science [...]

Economic Geology for the 21st Century

December 11, 2019

Close up of lumps of gold on a wooden table

Professor David Lentz leads specialty on Economic Geology in Frontiers in Earth Science [...]

Sedimentary, my dear Johnson: is NASA looking at the wrong type of rock for clues to Martian life?

May 20, 2019

Scientists at the Swedish Museum of Natural History have begun compiling an atlas of fossils in volcanic rock, to guide where and what to look for in the search for Martian life; Frontiers in Earth Science [...]

Researchers discover deepest known underwater volcanic eruption

October 29, 2018

Frontiers in Earth Science: Scientists used remotely operated vehicles to explore an eruption 4,500 metres below the surface of the Pacific Ocean.

Scientists used remotely operated vehicles to explore an eruption 4,500 metres below the surface of the Pacific Ocean; Frontiers in Earth Science [...]

Between a soft rock and a hard place – Introducing Sedimentology, Stratigraphy and Diagenesis, a new section in Frontiers in Earth Science

July 23, 2018

Specialty Chief Editor of Sedimentology, Stratigraphy and Diagenesis Professor Dave Hodgson

Dave Hodgson is a hard man to pin down. On a quest to address some of the great challenges in sedimentological, stratigraphic and diagenetic research, his work takes him from the hard, red plains of the Karoo Basin, South Africa, to the desolate landscapes of the Neuquén Basin, Argentina [...]

New section in Frontiers in Earth Science: Solid Earth Geophysics

December 8, 2017

Frontiers in Earth Science is proud to announce the launch of a new section, Solid Earth Geophysics

The new section welcomes research from all geophysical fields, including rock mechanics, mineral physics, seismology and lithosphere and mantle dynamics. [...]

Predicting eruptions using satellites and math

July 5, 2017

Frontiers in Earth Science article examines ways Volcanologists use satellite measurements and mathematical methods to forecast volcanoes eruptions [...]

Microbial colonisers of Arctic soils are sensitive to future climate change

April 4, 2017

New research in Frontiers In Earth Science shows that ecosystems created by melting glaciers in the Arctic are sensitive to climate change and human activity. [...]

Did Humans Create the Sahara Desert?

March 14, 2017

New research challenges the idea that changes in the Earth’s orbit triggered Sahara desertification. [...]

Researching one of the most disruptive volcanoes to forecast future eruptions

December 1, 2016

Researchers turn to specific volcanoes such as Etna in Sicily to gain insight into volcanic and non-volcanic activities of the Earth. By Fiona Boni, Science Writer A [...]

One vent just isn’t enough for some volcanoes

September 2, 2016

by Simon Watt, Frontiers Science Writer One vent just isn’t enough for some volcanoes: the curious case of Mount Etna’s wandering craters. Volcanoes are geology at its [...]

News from #AGU15: Heat stress in dense populations and impacts of the 2015-16 El Niño

December 18, 2015

Gearóid Ó Faoleán, Journal Manager of Frontiers in Earth Science, is representing Frontiers at the AGU Fall Meeting in San Francisco, the world’s largest earth [...]