As a geoscientist, climate researcher, and landscape photographer, I’ve spent over 30 years exploring the inner workings of our planet. My goal is to communicate how everything is interconnected—and how fragile those connections are—in ways that are both...
The SPIEGEL-Bestseller book Wunderwerk Erde is a love poem to our planet What makes Earth so unique? How did our planet come into being, how has it changed over the eons of time—and how does it function, both inside and out? Wunderwerk Erde (Wonderwork Earth),...
At sunset, the Crater Lake volcano in the Cascade Range of Oregon is shrouded in the smoke of a wildfire ignited by a lightning strike. The devastating eruption of the stratovolcano Mount Mazama 6,900 years ago emptied the interior of the volcano. Under its own...
At moonrise, Mount Rainier in Washington is mirrored at night in the Reflection Lakes, with the stars of the Milky Way rising behind the volcano. The Reflection Lakes are becoming increasingly shallow and smaller as aquatic vegetation takes root and mud accumulates on...
The snow-capped stratovolcano Mount Rainier is reflected at sunrise in Tipsoo Lake near Chinook Pass. After a catastrophic eruption about 6000 years ago, the volcano grew to its present dimensions 2500 years ago and has since been intensively reshaped by glaciers....
