Geology and earth sciences
Majority of academics publishing in journals with lax peer review are from Asia, study concludes
Philip Hoare admires a terrifying portrait of our impact on the sands that protect us from danger
Euan Clarkson admires an exquisite collection of images of an iconic arthropod’s fossil traces
Alison Stokes on a 19th-century volcanic eruption that caused a global climate disaster
What will we need to know to reboot civilisation after the apocalypse?, asks Alison Stokes
Alison Stokes on natural catastrophes and the need to use collective wisdom to cope with them
Alison Stokes enjoys a tour of the physical and metaphorical lands of fire and brimstone
Robert J. Mayhew on how people need to recover their ability to find their way without using technology
Euan Clarkson discusses a scientific discipline’s literary foundations
Lewis Dartnell regrets that a discussion of extreme life forms focuses on faint possibility rather than wondrous reality
Euan Clarkson is inspired by a detailed history and guide to the richest cluster of fossilised remains
Luciana Astiz on how seismology evolved from the combined observations of scientists and citizens
We will leave behind just a small footprint, learns Michael Benton
Earth scientist Dougal Jerram is giving television viewers a bird's-eye view of Britain from his 'motorbike on wings'
Science tsar Sir Keith O'Nions is to head a new Imperial College centre for security technologies, reports Zoe Corbyn
A move to put research on a sustainable footing was keenly embraced by all sides, but disagreements over implementation are hindering progress. Zoe Corbyn reports
A Natural History of Time
Bursting the Limits of Time
The Great Earthquake and Firestorms of 1906 - A Crack in the Edge of the World - After the Ruins, 1906 and 2006
Charles Darwin, Geologist
The Cambrian Fossils of Chengjiang, China
The Last Giant of Beringia
Earthquakes in Human History
Geology of the American Southwest
Living on an Active Earth
La Catastrophe - The Last Days of St Pierre - Fire Mountain
Mantle Convection in the Earth and Planets
The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia
The Oxford Companion to the Earth
The Lying Stones of Marrakech
Encyclopedia of Volcanoes
Vulcan's Fury - Melting the Earth