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A simulation of the crater and impact plume formed eight seconds after the Chicxulub impact at 45 degrees.

Dinosaur-killing asteroid impact cooled Earth’s climate more than previously thought

Petrified Forest National Park

Research provides unique insight into extinction dynamics in late Triassic

An aerial view of Mount Tambora's caldera

Future volcanic eruptions could cause more climate disruption

Development of a magma ocean through induction heating in the mantle of exoplanet Trappist-1c.

Formation of magma oceans on exoplanet

preserved fossil specimen of Sinosauropteryx from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota of China

‘Bandit-masked’ feathered dinosaur hid from predators using multiple types of camouflage

Strata of the Chinle Formation below the prominent silcrete horizon exposed in the Petrified Forest National Park.

Late Triassic terrestrial ecosystem changes

Determining when humans started impacting the planet on a large scale

The oceans were colder than we thought

This is a location map showing fault planes of the 2016 earthquake

Japanese earthquake zone strongly influenced by the effects of friction

Extreme tooth enlargement in a new Late Cretaceous rhabdodontid dinosaur from Southern France

A new Late Cretaceous Rhabdodontid dinosaur from Southern France

Locations of tectonic tremor

Earthquake risk elevated with detection of spontaneous tectonic tremor in Anza...

New exceptionally large carnivorous dinosaur footprints found in Lesotho.

‘Mega-carnivore’ dinosaur roamed southern Africa 200 million years ago

Articulated skeleton of Ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur at the excavation site south of Lodai village

First Jurassic ichthyosaur fossil found in India

This is an image of alvarezsauridae gen. et sp. indet., posterior caudal vertebrae.

Alvarezsaurid dinosaur from the late Cretaceous found in Uzbekistan

These are polymetallic nodules with Plenaster craigi. White line is 1 cm.

Marine species threatened by deep-sea mining

Tornado with dust and debris cloud forming at surface.

Scientists use seismic waves to measure tornado intensity

Yellowstone National Park

Yellowstone Spawned Twin Super-Eruptions that Altered Global Climate

This is the cranium of a person who lived in what's now Papua New Guinea, 6,000 years ago.

6,000-year-old skull could be from the world’s earliest known tsunami victim

This is an illustrative transverse plane through the small trunk

World’s oldest and most complex trees

Ice Core

Ice sheets may melt rapidly in response to distant volcanoes

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