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False colour Landsat 8 satellite image of Saunders Island and the lava lake within the crater of Mount Michael (image acquired 31/01/2018). Inset map shows the location of Saunders Island.

Discovery of rare lava lake on remote sub-Antarctic island

Geology Page - July 6, 2019

Polynya

Uncovering Polynya : Research unravels 43-year-old mystery in deep Antarctica

Illustration of flowing water under the Antarctic ice sheet

Heat Source Under West Antarctica

World’s largest volcanic range may lurk beneath Antarctic ice

Hidden lakes drain below West Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier

The making of Antarctica

Geology Page - February 1, 2017

Antarctic Ice Sheet study reveals 8,000-year record of climate change

Geology Page - December 12, 2016

Mysterious ‘crater’ on Antarctica indication of vulnerable ice sheet

Geology Page - December 12, 2016

Seeing under Antarctica’s ice

Geology Page - November 17, 2016

UCI and NASA document accelerated glacier melting in West Antarctica

Geology Page - October 26, 2016

Surviving earth’s extremes: BYU research in the mountains of Antarctica

Geology Page - September 15, 2016

Antarctica’s “Upside-Down Rivers”

Geology Page - June 5, 2016

Will more snow over Antarctica offset rising seas? Don’t count on...

Geology Page - May 20, 2016

Giant prehistoric bird fossils found in Antarctica

Geology Page - May 19, 2016

What lies beneath West Antarctica?

Geology Page - April 29, 2016

Antarctica could be headed for major meltdown

Geology Page - February 24, 2016

UQ researcher’s icy dinosaur hunt

Geology Page - January 28, 2016

Nearing the limits of life on Earth

Geology Page - January 20, 2016

The geography of Antarctica’s underside

Geology Page - December 8, 2015

Antarctic offers insights into life on Mars

Geology Page - July 21, 2015

Gravity data show that Antarctic ice sheet is melting increasingly faster

Geology Page - May 1, 2015

Research team discovers plant fossils previously unknown to Antarctica

Geology Page - April 30, 2015

Researchers find evidence of groundwater in Antarctica’s Dry Valleys

Geology Page - April 29, 2015

Rare Antarctic sub-glacial eruption

Geology Page - February 19, 2015

According to a recent study the earth’s orbit affects the stability...

Geology Page - February 4, 2015

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This graphic shows how the ancient land masses of Laurentia, Avalonia and Armorica would have collided to create the countries of England, Scotland and Wales.

Geologists reveal ancient connection between England and France

September 16, 2018

The Hells Bells in the El Zapote cave near Puerto Morelos on the Yucatán Peninsula.

Unique underwater stalactites

November 26, 2017

Photomicrograph in crossed polars of precious-metal bearing peridotite. Note the optical zoning (light/dark bands) in the plagioclase (grey coloured mineral) in the central part of the image. The occurrence of this zoning was the focus of the study in question. The width of the image frame is 4 mm. Credit: Nat. Geosci. (2020).

Scientists find evidence of how platinum metals form under 60 million-year-old...

May 3, 2020

Ludlockite

May 27, 2014

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USGS map highlights earthquake risk zones. Blue boxes indicate areas of high activity of human-caused earthquake due to deep bore fluid injection.

Earthquakes are triggered well beyond fluid injection zones

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Meionite

First 3-D pterosaur eggs found with their parents