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About Erik Klemetti
Rocky Planet
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Science Writing
Denison Earth & Env Sciences
I've written about volcanoes and Earth sciences since 2008.
At this point, I've written over 2,000 articles for my two blogs:
Eruptions (2008-2017)
: All about volcanoes! Started off as a Wordpress blog, ended up as one of the
Wired
science blogs.
Rocky Planet (2017-present)
: I get to write about all the Earth sciences for
Discover
.
I write often for
EOS
, the journal for the
American Geophysical Union
:
Tiny Volcanoes are a Big Deal on Mars (2021)
Are We Seeing a New Ocean Start to Form in Africa? (2020)
Are Geysers a Signal of Magma Intrusion Under Yellowstone? (2020)
Here are many of the other articles I've written:
"What can earthquakes and marsquakes teach us about planets?" (2022)
in
Astronomy
"Five Myths About Volcanoes" (2018)
in the
Washington Post
"No one is sure how long Hawaii’s Kīlauea eruptions will last" (2018)
on
the Hill
"
A Lot of Earthquakes Have Been Reported Lately, but Scientists Aren’t Worried" (2014)
on
Daily Beast
"Seattle's Backyard Sleeper" (2012)
on
Lookout Landing
"
The Shape that Lava Takes (Parts 1
and
2
)" on the
NASA Earth Observatory
I also was a co-host of a podcast for a spell called
Popular Volcanics
.
Other appearances that exist:
Story Collider: Just Here for the Rocks (2018)
NPR's On Point: The Eruption In Hawaii And The Science Of Volcanoes (2018)
Blue Dot (Episode 100): Volcanoes!
Effectively Wild podcast (Episode 1144): The Explosive Edition
"We’re Barely Listening to the U.S.’s Most Dangerous Volcanoes"
by Shannon Hall in the
New York Times
"
Reality Check: The worst place to be stranded at sea?"
by Justin Parkinson on the BBC
"Days, Weeks, Years? Scientists Say Hawaii Volcano Eruption Has No End In Sight"
by Merritt Kennedy on
NPR
Earth News Interviews podcast (2021)
People Behind the Science podcast (2015)
Ada Lovelace Day podcast
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About Erik Klemetti
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Denison Earth & Env Sciences