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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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T. rex had an unusually flexible skull. Credit: Senckenberg

T. rex possessed a unique flexible skull

February 10, 2019

Revision to rules for color in dinosaurs suggests connection between color...

February 14, 2014

Global warming disaster could suffocate life on planet Earth

December 2, 2015

Speedy bridge repair: Engineers develop process to repair earthquake-damaged bridge

April 30, 2016

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Earth’s magnetic fields could track ocean heat

Tafí del Valle (Tucumán, Argentina)on the ash deposits originated in the Cerro Blanco eruption

The Central Andes had the largest volcanic eruption of the last...

Life on Earth may date back 3.95 bn years”Study”

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