Brad Plumer
Former Senior Editor
Latest articles by Brad Plumer
It’s an exciting time for volcano-watchers — and an unnerving time for anyone who lives near a rumbling volcano.
California is currently suffering its worst drought in at least a century.
Over the past decade, America’s electric utilities have been doing something surprising — they’ve been investing a lot of money in power lines.
For the past week, geologists have been watching Iceland’s massive Bárðarbunga volcano closely.
A scientist binge-watches Shark Week over the weekend. The results aren’t pretty.
How to visualize the big difference between a 6.0 and 6.9 earthquake.
The eruption, near the Bárðarbunga volcano, is still small and contained under a massive glacier for now.
Scientists have detected thousands of earthquakes around the area, a sign that magma may be on the move.
Does this mean we’re in for another air-travel catastrophe?
More than 100,000 African elephants have been killed by poaching since 2010, new estimates confirm.