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Deep below the Deepwater Horizon oil spill

Geology Page - September 17, 2011

For the first time, scientists gathered oil and gas directly as it escaped from a deep ocean wellhead - that of the damaged Deepwater...

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Devastating Long-Distance Impact of Earthquakes

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Hayward fault earthquake simulations increase fidelity of ground motions

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Nearing the limits of life on Earth

January 20, 2016

Naples astride a rumbling mega-volcano

December 21, 2016

Dinosaur

Scientists Discover Rare Theropod Dinosaur Wounded in Action in Southern Utah

$This moisture in the layer of weathered rock that is commonly located beneath soils is an important part of the water cycle on the local and global level. Tree roots tap into the rock moisture and release it back into the atmosphere as water vapor, and water flows through the fractures and becomes part of the seasonal groundwater storage (blue arrows).$