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Geologic evidence is the forerunner of ominous prospects for a warming...
While strong seasonal hurricanes have devastated many of the Caribbean and Bahamian islands this year, geologic studies on several of these islands illustrate that...
Mars study yields clues to possible cradle of life
The discovery of evidence for ancient sea-floor hydrothermal deposits on Mars identifies an area on the planet that may offer clues about the origin...
Plate Tectonics
Earth’s tectonic plates are weaker than once thought
No one can travel inside Earth to study what happens there. So scientists must do their best to replicate real-world conditions inside the lab.
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Large meteorite impacts drove plate-tectonic processes on the early Earth
An international study led by researchers at Macquarie University has uncovered the ways in which giant meteorite impacts may have helped to kick-start our...
Volcanoes
Scientists determine source of world’s largest mud eruption
On May 29, 2006, mud started erupting from several sites on the Indonesian island of Java. Boiling mud, water, rocks and gas poured from...
Earthquake
Do earthquakes have a ‘tell’?
Researchers have long had good reason to believe that earthquakes are inherently unpredictable. But a new finding from Northwestern University might be a seismic...
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Mars
Study shows how water could have flowed on ‘cold and icy’...
For scientists trying to understand what ancient Mars might have been like, the red planet sends some mixed signals. Water-carved valleys and lakebeds leave...
Mars study yields clues to possible cradle of life
The discovery of evidence for ancient sea-floor hydrothermal deposits on Mars identifies an area on the planet that may offer clues about the origin...
Moon
How a young-looking lunar volcano hides its true age
While orbiting the Moon in 1971, the crew of Apollo 15 photographed a strange geological feature -- a bumpy, D-shaped depression about two miles...
More Earth-like than moon-like
Mars' mantle may be more complicated than previously thought. In a new study published today in the Nature-affiliated journal Scientific Reports, researchers at LSU...
