Robin George Andrews

Contributing Writer

Latest Articles

When Coupled Volcanoes Talk, These Researchers Listen

March 27, 2026

Around the world, volcanologists are following the path of magma as it travels between connected volcanoes, in an effort that could lead to improved eruption forecasts.

How We Came To Know Earth

Climate science is the most significant scientific collaboration in history. This series from Quanta Magazine guides you through basic climate science — from quantum effects to ancient hothouses, from the math of tipping points to the audacity of climate models.

Why Is Venus Hell and Earth an Eden?

September 15, 2025

A team of scientists has investigated how Earth’s twin became so inhospitable, and whether the same will happen to our planet.

Earth’s Core Appears To Be Leaking Up and Out of Earth’s Surface

August 4, 2025

Strong new evidence suggests that primordial material from the planet’s center is somehow making its way out. Continent-size entities anchored to the core-mantle boundary might be involved.

What’s Going On Inside Io, Jupiter’s Volcanic Moon?

April 25, 2025

Recent flybys of the fiery world refute a leading theory of its inner structure — and reveal how little is understood about geologically active moons.

The Search for What Shook the Earth for Nine Days Straight

September 12, 2024

Last year, an immense but brief outburst of seismic energy was soon followed by a long hum that made the world ring. Finding its cause took 68 scientists and an assist by the Danish military.

Inside Scientists’ Life-Saving Prediction of the Iceland Eruption

February 20, 2024

The Reykjanes Peninsula has entered a new volcanic era. Innovative efforts to map and monitor the subterranean magma are saving lives.

Q&A

The Scientist Who Decodes the Songs of Undersea Volcanoes

November 8, 2023

In the rumbles and groans of underwater volcanoes, Jackie Caplan-Auerbach finds her favorite harmonies — and clues to the Earth’s interior.

These Moons Are Dark and Frozen. So How Can They Have Oceans?

November 2, 2023

The moons orbiting Jupiter and Saturn appear to have subsurface oceans — tantalizing targets in the search for life beyond Earth. But it’s not clear why these seas exist at all.