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Scientists shed light on carbon’s descent into the deep Earth
Examining conditions within the Earth's interior is crucial not only to give us a window back to Earth's history but also to understand the...
The last survivors on Earth
The world's most indestructible species, the tardigrade, an eight-legged micro-animal, also known as the water bear, will survive until the Sun dies, according to...
Plate Tectonics
Slow earthquakes occur continuously in the Alaska-Aleutian subduction zone
Seismologists at the University of California, Riverside studying earthquakes in the seismically and volcanically active Alaska-Aleutian subduction zone have found that "slow earthquakes" are...
Rapid uplift of Southern Tibet
Using seismic data and supercomputers, Rice University geophysicists have conducted a massive seismic CT scan of the upper mantle beneath the Tibetan Plateau and...
Volcanoes
New research uses satellites to predict end of volcanic eruptions
Researchers from the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa (UHM) School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) recently discovered that infrared satellite data...
Earthquake
Earthquake physics on multiple scales
Scientists are working hard to determine the how, why and when of earthquakes, but getting answers is a complex team effort, says a Victoria...
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Mars
Hot rocks, not warm atmosphere, led to relatively recent water-carved valleys...
Present-day Mars is a frozen desert, colder and more arid than Antarctica, and scientists are fairly sure it's been that way for at least...
Rover findings indicate stratified lake on ancient Mars
A long-lasting lake on ancient Mars provided stable environmental conditions that differed significantly from one part of the lake to another, according to a...
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...
