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Conventional geothermal resources have been generating commercial power for decades in places where heat and water from burble up through naturally permeable rock.

Solving geothermal energy’s earthquake problem

Geology Page - May 24, 2019

Model of a plant with one or several boreholes.

Optimized positioning of geothermal boreholes reduces seismicity

These are geothermal heat flux predictions for Greenland. Direct GHF measurements from the coastal rock cores, inferences from ice cores, and additional Gaussian-fit GHF data around ice core sites are used as training samples.

Machine learning predicts new details of geothermal heat flux beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet

Sparkling springs aid quest for underground heat energy sources

Extreme geothermal activity discovered beneath New Zealand’s Southern Alps

Geothermal gradient

Geology Page - March 24, 2017

Uncovering Yellowstone’s subsurface mysteries

Geology Page - November 8, 2016

Global hot spot maps link consumers with impacts

Geology Page - November 4, 2016

How did early Earth stay warm?

Geology Page - October 8, 2016

Some signs of induced seismicity spotted in Salton Trough’s geothermal production...

Geology Page - August 25, 2016

Geothermal heat contributes to Greenland ice melt

Geology Page - April 7, 2016

Earth’s internal heat drives rapid ice flow, subglacial melting in Greenland

Geology Page - April 5, 2016

Drilling the world’s hottest geothermal well

Geology Page - October 26, 2015

Geothermal energy: Look to the Denver-Julesberg Basin

Geology Page - October 10, 2015

Mud Volcanoes

Mud volcano

Geology Page - July 18, 2015

Surprisingly high geothermal heating revealed beneath West Antarctic Ice Sheet

Geology Page - July 16, 2015

Study finds surprisingly high geothermal heating beneath West Antarctic Ice Sheet

Geology Page - July 11, 2015

Packing heat: New fluid makes untapped geothermal energy cleaner

Geology Page - April 16, 2015

Taking the temperature of deep geothermal reservoirs

Geology Page - July 9, 2014

Researchers develop a geothermometer for methane formation

Geology Page - June 27, 2014

Contamination of La Selva geothermal system in Girona, Spain

Geology Page - March 5, 2012

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Hormuz Island, Iran

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The team has been excavating caves at Pinnacle Point, South Africa, for nearly 20 years. Glass shards were discovered at the PP5-6 location.

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Marble Caves

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