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Next to Prof. Oded Aharonson is the tri-axial Helmholtz Coil used to generate the magnetic field during the growing of the ice samples

The magnetic history of ice

Geology Page - July 3, 2020

This visualization shows the magnetic field around Earth, or the magnetosphere. Earth’s magnetic field origins are still a mystery, a new MIT study finds. Credit: Greg Shirah and Tom Bridgman, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.

Origins of Earth’s magnetic field remain a mystery

Photomicrographs showing anorthosites with 'correct' and 'wrong' proportions of chromite from the Bushveld Complex, South Africa. Credit: Wits University

Researchers unravel the mystery of non-cotectic magmatic rocks

Earth

Earth’s Mantle, Not Its Core, May Have Generated Planet’s Early Magnetic Field

Study co-author Rob Coe and Trevor Duarte orienting cores from a lava flow site recording the Matuyama-Brunhes magnetic polarity reversal in Haleakala National Park, Hawaii, in 2015

Earth’s last magnetic field reversal took far longer than once thought

Earth inside

New findings on Earth’s magnetic field

Geology Page - June 9, 2019

Visualization of the interior of the Earth's core

Geomagnetic jerks finally reproduced and explained

Geology Page - April 24, 2019

Map of the locations and depths of the deep low-frequency (DLF) earthquakes beneath the Laacher See Volcano ("Lake Laach Volcano") in Germany. Brittle earthquakes are marked as circles, DLF events as stars. Credit: Hensch et al.

Deep low-frequency earthquakes indicate migration of magmatic fluids beneath Laacher See...

Geology Page - January 14, 2019

The complex history of Earth’s magnetic reversals

Geology Page - December 11, 2018

The experiment on La Palma: The laser beam (yellow) generates an artificial guide star in the mesosphere. This light is collected in the receiver telescope (front left). The laser source and the receiver telescope are eight meters away from each other. Credit: Copyright Felipe Pedreros Bustos

Earth’s magnetic field measured using artificial stars at 90 kilometers altitude

Geology Page - November 17, 2018

Intensity at Earth's surface (left) and radial field (Br) at the CMB (right).

Earth’s magnetic field is not about to reverse

Geology Page - May 7, 2018

moon's mantle

Magma ocean may be responsible for the moon’s early magnetic field

Geology Page - April 28, 2018

Earth’s geomagnetic field

New data helps explain recent fluctuations in Earth’s magnetic field

Geology Page - February 28, 2018

Earth magnetic field

Mysterious ‘geomagnetic spike’ 3,000 years ago challenges our understanding of the...

Geology Page - November 9, 2017

Lunar dynamo’s lifetime extended by at least 1 billion years

Geology Page - August 9, 2017

Nickel is crucial for Earth’s magnetic field

Geology Page - July 14, 2017

Study finds Earth’s magnetic field ‘simpler than we thought’

Geology Page - July 7, 2017

Geophysicist Helps Develop High-Res Map of Earth’s Magnetic Field

Geology Page - April 14, 2017

Upper part of Earth’s magnetic field reveals details of a dramatic...

Geology Page - March 24, 2017

‘Quartz’ crystals at Earth’s core power its magnetic field

Geology Page - February 22, 2017

Ancient jars found in Judea reveal Earth’s magnetic field is fluctuating,...

Geology Page - February 15, 2017

Earth’s magnetic fields could track ocean heat

Geology Page - December 13, 2016

Marine sediments record variations in the Earth’s magnetic field

Geology Page - November 29, 2016

Uncovering Yellowstone’s subsurface mysteries

Geology Page - November 8, 2016

Magnetic oceans and electric Earth

Geology Page - October 4, 2016

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Aerial view of the acidic hot springs in the shallow water of the Taiwanese Kueishantao volcanic island, visible through the whitish discoloration of the sea water by sulphur. Credit: Mario Lebrato, Uni Kiel

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