Erupted Sea Glass Allows Geologists to Take Earth’s Inner Temperature
The results could help scientists unravel the processes underlying plate tectonics. If the Earth’s oceans were drained completely, they would reveal a massive chain of…
The results could help scientists unravel the processes underlying plate tectonics. If the Earth’s oceans were drained completely, they would reveal a massive chain of…
Applied in the field, a new model reduced quakes from oil and gas processes; could help manage seismic events from carbon sequestration. When humans pump…
Research team with Goethe University participation successfully proposes former quarry in Lower Saxony as Global Stratotype Section and Point. The international team of geoscientists led…
The arrival of plants on land about 400 million years ago may have changed the way the Earth naturally regulates its own climate, according to…
Evidence from an ancient eggshell has revealed important new information about the extreme climate change faced by human early ancestors. The research shows parts of…
A cluster of comet fragments believed to have hit Earth nearly 13,000 years ago may have shaped the origins of human civilization, research suggests. Possibly…
Why are gold deposits found at all? Gold is famously unreactive, and there seems to be little reason why gold should be concentrated, rather than…
The mineral pyrite was historically nicknamed fool’s gold because of its deceptive resemblance to the precious metal. The term was often used during the California gold rush…
Curtin University research has found tiny amounts of gold can be trapped inside pyrite, commonly known as ‘fool’s gold’, which would make it much more…
Results demonstrate the power of nickel isotope analyses, which are relatively new, to solve long-standing problems in the geosciences. The most severe mass extinction event…
Indonesia’s volcanoes are among the world’s most dangerous. Why? Through chemical analyses of tiny minerals in lava from Bali and Java, researchers from Uppsala University…
The surface of Venus is cracked and moves like ice floating on the ocean – likely due to tectonic activity. The big idea Much of…
Amazon rain forests could be at far higher risk of extreme drought than previously thought, according to new research. An international study, led by the…
Geologists led by the UNIGE have reviewed the internal and external mechanisms that trigger volcanic eruptions to better anticipate the potential signs of a future…
For the first time, a unique research study conducted at Lund University in Sweden has tracked the meteorite flux to Earth over the past 500…
Analysis of 260 million years of major geological events finds recurring clusters 27.5 million years apart. Geologic activity on Earth appears to follow a 27.5-million-year…
Rapid Warming and Monsoonal Intensification Contributed to the Abrupt Collapse of Forest-Mire (Glossopteris) Ecosystems in the High Southern Latitudes The Paleozoic era culminated 251.9 million…
Researchers find that a large earthquake could set off eruption of Hawaii’s Mauna Loa volcano. Scientists from the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of…