Scientists image a massive rupture developing beneath northern Cascadia
Scientists have captured the Cascadia subduction zone off Vancouver Island actively tearing apart, according to a study published in Science Advances on September 24, 2025.
Ionosphere revealed signals two hours before the 2021 Peru earthquake
Ionospheric disturbances were observed up to two hours before the Mw 7.5 earthquake that struck northern Peru at 10:52 UTC (05:52 LT) on November 28, 2021, according to a new study published in the Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics on September 27, 2025.
Forecasting tornado risk three weeks ahead is becoming possible
Early results from SWERVE show that forecasts in weeks two and three can sometimes detect meaningful signals of heightened severe weather activity. The signals, produced through consensus forecasts that blend multiple models, perform better than climatology alone. Instead of simply repeating seasonal averages, they highlight specific windows when the atmosphere appears more favorable than normal…
New simulations reveal how vortex tubes intensify tornadoes in typhoons
A peer-reviewed study in Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters shows that horizontal vortex tubes strongly influenced the EF3 tornado that struck Foshan, China, on October 4, 2015 during Super Typhoon Mujigae.
Research explains link between X-rays, gamma rays, and lightning initiation
A study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research finds that strong electric fields in thunderclouds can accelerate electrons, creating runaway avalanches that emit X-rays and gamma rays, a process connected to the conditions that lead to lightning initiation.
The 2018 Palu earthquake and tsunami reshaped understanding of strike-slip hazards
A magnitude M7.5 earthquake struck Central Sulawesi at 18:02 LT (10:02 UTC) on September 28, 2018, unleashing a locally amplified tsunami, catastrophic liquefaction and slope failures that killed more than 4 300 people.
Earth’s 6-year day-length oscillation briefly faltered in 2010
A study published in Geophysical Journal International on August 28, 2025 finds that a normally persistent 6-year oscillation in Earth’s length-of-day broke down between 2010 and 2014, with a short-lived 4.7-year interval, and that the event is contemporaneous with changes in geomagnetic field behaviour and core-flow models.
Seismic scans confirm asteroid origin of Silverpit Crater in North Sea
High-resolution seismic imaging and shocked mineral evidence confirm that Silverpit Crater beneath the North Sea was formed by an asteroid impact 43–46 million years ago, according to a study published in Nature Communications on September 20, 2025.
Study shows Earth’s carbon thermostat can overshoot, triggering ice ages
Researchers at the University of California, Riverside, published a study in Science on September 25, 2025, showing that Earth’s long-term carbon regulation system can sometimes overcorrect. Their model suggests that warming events may, under certain conditions, tip into ice-age–scale cooling over hundreds of thousands of years.
Intense earthquake swarm beneath Santorini and Kolumbo volcano caused by magma intrusion
More than 28 000 earthquakes shook Santorini and neighboring islands between late January and February 2025. At the time, the cause was only speculated, but a new Nature study led by GFZ and GEOMAR shows the swarm resulted from a mid-crustal dike intrusion that linked Santorini and Kolumbo.
