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