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Madrid, Spain

A sub-desert savanna spread across Madrid 14 million years ago

Sea Glass Beach

What Is Sea Glass?

Under Sumatra, the oceanic tectonic plate is descending below the continental plate

First detailed simulation of 2004 megathrust earthquake

Glacial polish reflects sunlight at Pothole Dome in Yosemite National Park, California.

Study reveals structure and origins of glacial polish on Yosemite’s rocks

Bioclastic limestone and cross-bedded conglomerate are visible in exposed rocks at Marl Wash in the Bouse Formation, south of Blythe, California

Colorado River’s connection with the ocean was a punctuated affair

GoPro Gets Melted by Lava

The sauropod trackway

World’s Largest Dinosaur Tracks Were Discovered in the Jura Mountains

An illustration from the paper showing oxygen and hydrogen cycling in the deep Earth

When water met iron deep inside the Earth, did it create...

The East African Rift System

When continents break it gets warm on Earth

largest multiphysics simulation of an earthquake and tsunami

Largest, longest multiphysics earthquake simulation created to date

examines some of the fossilized polar trees

Geologists uncover Antarctica’s fossil forests

M 7.3 earthquake hits Iran-Iraq

M 7.3 earthquake hits Iran-Iraq 2017

Seafloor topography

How the Pacific seafloor got its 60-degree bend

Asteroid impact earth

Site of asteroid impact changed the history of life

The maps are showing different viewing options for the region under Southeast Asia.

Why did the Earth’s ancient oceans disappear?

early anthropoids

Finger and toe fossils belonged to tiny primates 45 million years...

learcut logging in the Pacific Northwest

Past mass extinctions could help scientists prevent the next one

Öræfajökull Volcano

Is Iceland’s tallest volcano awakening?

This is a schematic illustration of water currents.

How a ‘shadow zone’ traps the world’s oldest ocean water

Ripple Marks

What are Ripple Marks?

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