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The 37 kiloton 'Priscilla' nuclear test, detonated at the Nevada Test Site in 1957. Credit: US Department of Energy

Radioactive carbon from nuclear bomb tests found in deep ocean trenches

Geology Page - May 9, 2019

Using magnetic data: Researcher uncovers 340 million year-old oceanic crust in the Mediterranean Sea

Activity on seafloor linked to icy ebb and flow on surface

New Seafloor Map Helps Scientists Find New Features

The floor of the ocean comes into better focus

Mariana Trench “Deepest Part of the Ocean”

Geology Page - March 26, 2015

New Species Discovered Beneath Ocean Crust

Geology Page - February 15, 2015

Ice ages made Earth’s ocean crust thicker

Geology Page - February 7, 2015

New sulfate-breathing species discovered beneath ocean crust

Geology Page - January 15, 2015

What lies beneath modern New England? Mountain-building and the end of...

Geology Page - April 27, 2014

Breathing Underwater: Evidence of Microscopic Life in Oceanic Crust

Geology Page - September 29, 2013

Oceanic Crust Breakthrough: Solving a Magma Mystery

Geology Page - January 3, 2013

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Variations in atmospheric oxygen levels shaped Earth’s climate through the ages

June 11, 2015

Do bearded dragons dream? Reptiles share sleep patterns with mammals and...

April 29, 2016

Study uses seismic noise to track water levels in underground aquifers

August 23, 2018

Volcanic lightning recreated in the lab

January 12, 2014

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A fossilized mantle of a vampyropod, a relative to the vampire squid. The ink sacis the raised structure in the center, and muscles have a striated appearance. Credit: Rowan Martindale/The University of Texas at Austin Jackson School of Geosciences.

Exceptional fossils may need a breath of air to form

Scientists say the femur might have belonged to a gigantic sauropod. Credit: AFP / GEORGES GOBET

Colossal dinosaur bone find in France thrills scientists

Geologists Discover Origin of Earth’s Mysterious Black Diamonds

Paleontologists pioneer laser-beam scanning of dinosaur fossils