A representation of a plesiosaur - living reconstruction

Divers of the past : Plesiosaur – Why did the size...

Kilauea

California is famous for earthquakes, wildfires and Volcanoes

Earth

How ancient microbes created massive ore deposits, set the stage for...

Microscopic structures created in the lab. Credit: Sean McMahon

Solving fossil mystery could aid quest for ancient life on Mars

This figure illustrates how inorganic carbon cycles through the mantle more quickly than organic carbon, which contains very little of the isotope carbon-13. Both inorganic and organic carbon are drawn into Earth's mantle at subduction zones (top left).

Study points to one cause for several mysteries linked to breathable...

Distribution of springtails on termite and ant hosts within ~ 16 Ma old Dominican amber.

16-million-year-old fossil shows springtails hitchhiking on winged termite

Researchers employed 20 kilometers (pink) of a 51-kilometer undersea fiber-optic cable, normally used to communicate with an off-shore science node (MARS, Monterey Accelerated Research System), as a seismic array to study the fault zones under Monterey Bay.

Underwater telecom cables make superb seismic network

volcanic eruptions

Scientists unravel the mystery of volcanic eruptions

Spherules in the Barberton greenstone belt in the Kaapvaal craton, South Africa. Credit: Lowe et al., 2014.

Extra-terrestrial impacts may have triggered ‘bursts’ of plate tectonics

Oblique view of the risk map for lava flow inundation on the flanks of Mt. Etna for the next 50 years.

Living at the edge of an active volcano: Risk from lava...

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