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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 find formula for rate of glacial erosion

October 9, 2015

Voyage from Earth’s crust to its mantle and back again

January 20, 2015

Pregnant T. rex could aid in dino sex-typing

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Making green fuels, no fossils required

November 3, 2015

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Impact illustration. Credit: Victor Leshyk

It was microbial mayhem in the Chicxulub crater, research suggests

Photosynthesis more ancient than thought, and most living things could do...

Mars had an oxygen-rich atmosphere four billion years ago

Wells drilled into Oklahoma's Arbuckle formation inject wastewater (1) which then disperses through the rock. As it spreads, the wastewater can trigger earthquakes in fault zones (2), but their size depends on the amount injected and the rock's properties. The new model can predict quake probabilities by the quantity of wastewater injected.

Predicting earthquake hazards from wastewater injection