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Conventional geothermal resources have been generating commercial power for decades in places where heat and water from burble up through naturally permeable rock.

Solving geothermal energy’s earthquake problem

Geology Page - May 24, 2019

Model of a plant with one or several boreholes.

Optimized positioning of geothermal boreholes reduces seismicity

These are geothermal heat flux predictions for Greenland. Direct GHF measurements from the coastal rock cores, inferences from ice cores, and additional Gaussian-fit GHF data around ice core sites are used as training samples.

Machine learning predicts new details of geothermal heat flux beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet

Sparkling springs aid quest for underground heat energy sources

Extreme geothermal activity discovered beneath New Zealand’s Southern Alps

Geothermal gradient

Geology Page - March 24, 2017

Uncovering Yellowstone’s subsurface mysteries

Geology Page - November 8, 2016

Global hot spot maps link consumers with impacts

Geology Page - November 4, 2016

How did early Earth stay warm?

Geology Page - October 8, 2016

Some signs of induced seismicity spotted in Salton Trough’s geothermal production...

Geology Page - August 25, 2016

Geothermal heat contributes to Greenland ice melt

Geology Page - April 7, 2016

Earth’s internal heat drives rapid ice flow, subglacial melting in Greenland

Geology Page - April 5, 2016

Drilling the world’s hottest geothermal well

Geology Page - October 26, 2015

Geothermal energy: Look to the Denver-Julesberg Basin

Geology Page - October 10, 2015

Mud Volcanoes

Mud volcano

Geology Page - July 18, 2015

Surprisingly high geothermal heating revealed beneath West Antarctic Ice Sheet

Geology Page - July 16, 2015

Study finds surprisingly high geothermal heating beneath West Antarctic Ice Sheet

Geology Page - July 11, 2015

Packing heat: New fluid makes untapped geothermal energy cleaner

Geology Page - April 16, 2015

Taking the temperature of deep geothermal reservoirs

Geology Page - July 9, 2014

Researchers develop a geothermometer for methane formation

Geology Page - June 27, 2014

Contamination of La Selva geothermal system in Girona, Spain

Geology Page - March 5, 2012

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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

July 6, 2019

Is old rock really as “solid as a rock”

September 8, 2015

Despite ESA’s GOCE mission ending over seven years ago, scientists continue to use this remarkable satellite’s gravity data to delve deep and unearth secrets about our planet. Recent research shows how scientists have combined GOCE data with measurements taken at the surface to generate a new model of Earth’s crust and upper mantle. This is the first time such a model has been created this way – and it is shedding new light on the processes of plate tectonics. The new model produced in ESA’s 3D Earth study shows for the first time how dissimilar the sub-lithospheric mantle is beneath different oceans, and provides insight as to how the morphology and spreading rates of mid-oceanic ridges may be connected with the deep chemical and thermal structure. Credit: ESA/Planetary Visions)

Gravity mission still unearthing hidden secrets

March 19, 2021

insect fossilized in amber

Researchers uncover New Zealand’s first fossils preserved in amber

February 8, 2018

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Research journey to the center of the Earth

Preparations for a US west coast tsunami look to the past...

Landslides and tsunamis under investigation on Australia’s east coast

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