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The 37 kiloton 'Priscilla' nuclear test, detonated at the Nevada Test Site in 1957. Credit: US Department of Energy

Radioactive carbon from nuclear bomb tests found in deep ocean trenches

Geology Page - May 9, 2019

Using magnetic data: Researcher uncovers 340 million year-old oceanic crust in the Mediterranean Sea

Activity on seafloor linked to icy ebb and flow on surface

New Seafloor Map Helps Scientists Find New Features

The floor of the ocean comes into better focus

Mariana Trench “Deepest Part of the Ocean”

Geology Page - March 26, 2015

New Species Discovered Beneath Ocean Crust

Geology Page - February 15, 2015

Ice ages made Earth’s ocean crust thicker

Geology Page - February 7, 2015

New sulfate-breathing species discovered beneath ocean crust

Geology Page - January 15, 2015

What lies beneath modern New England? Mountain-building and the end of...

Geology Page - April 27, 2014

Breathing Underwater: Evidence of Microscopic Life in Oceanic Crust

Geology Page - September 29, 2013

Oceanic Crust Breakthrough: Solving a Magma Mystery

Geology Page - January 3, 2013

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Scientists push closer to understanding mystery of deep earthquakes

September 30, 2013

Carbon cycle reaches Earth’s lower mantle, Science study reports

September 20, 2011

How the ‘beast quake’ is helping scientists track real earthquakes

January 8, 2015

Researchers Reveal New Rock Formation in Colorado

September 29, 2014

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Designing new ways to probe aerosols for more accurate climate models

A mineral map of a cumulate mineral sample.

How Earth’s mantle is like a Jackson Pollock painting

New source of methane discovered in the Arctic Ocean

Paleobiologists make intriguing new discoveries about dinosaur ancestors