Articles by

Carolyn Gramling

Two of Greece’s most dangerous volcanoes share an underground link

An intense swarm of earthquakes around Greece’s Santorini Island in January has revealed a fiery underground link...

Crystallized dino eggs provide a peek into the tumultuous Late Cretaceous

Crystals hidden inside dinosaur eggs at a famous fossil site are giving scientists a chance to do...

Young pterosaurs probably died in violent Jurassic storms

The broken wings of two young pterosaurs may reveal how hundreds of their kind met their end...

20 years after Hurricane Katrina, is the U.S. better prepared? 

In late August 2005, Hurricane Katrina devastated the U.S. Gulf Coast. The storm cut a deadly swath...

A Midwest ‘megaflash’ is the longest lightning on record

A massive bolt of lightning that lit up the sky from Dallas to Kansas City, Mo., in...

What to know about the extreme U.S. flooding — and ways to stay safe

July has washed across the United States with unusually destructive, deadly torrents of rain. In the...

How an ancient marine predator snuck up on its prey

A past predator of the seas may have had a secret weapon: noise-cancelling flippers that helped it...

Deep-sea mining could start soon — before we understand its risks

An underwater gold rush may be on the horizon — or rather, a rush to mine the...