Seismogram

Researcher helps solve mystery of clockwork-like earthquake system deep beneath the...

Tilted sedimentary strata in the Tian Shan, driven by the ongoing indentation of India into Asia Credit: Stijn Glorie

Ancient lost ocean may have built Central Asia’s dinosaur-era mountains

The modern Seattle fault zone cuts directly through the densely populated Puget lowlands, including Seattle and its metro area. Fifty million years ago, the continent tore in two here, setting the geologic stage for the modern faults, according to a new Tectonics study. Credit: Washington Geological Survey.

Understanding the Hazard Potential of the Seattle Fault Zone: It’s “Pretty...

In this photo provided by Myanmar Military True News Information Team on Thursday, May 7, 2026, Myanmar’s newly discovered ruby is displayed at president office in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. (Myanmar Military True News Information Team via AP Photo)

A massive 11,000-carat ruby has been unearthed in Myanmar’s war-scarred gemstone...

Effects of melting pressure, source oxidation, hydration, and enrichment on magmatic fO2 and H2O. Credit: Science Advances (2026). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aec1040. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aec1040

Earth’s first continents may trace back to subduction 3.5 billion years...

Professor Wenhao Sun shows off dolomite from his personal rock collection. Sun studies crystal growth of minerals from a materials science perspective. By understanding how atoms come together to form natural minerals, he believes we can reveal fundamental mechanisms of crystal growth, which can be used to make functional materials more quickly and efficiently. Image credit: Marcin Szczepanski, Lead Multimedia Storyteller, Michigan Engineering.

‘Dolomite Problem’: 200-year-old geology mystery resolved

The mouth of the Mississippi River in south Louisiana. The delta of the Mississippi is sinking faster than local sea-level rise rates. Photo courtesy of Adobe Stock.

Major river deltas are sinking faster than sea-level rise

Bubbles trapped in ancient Antarctic ice.

New ice core studies expand histories of greenhouse gases and ocean...

Homo erectus crania from the Turkana Rift. Left: WT 15000, ‘Turkana Boy’ from West Turkana. Right: ER 3733 from East Turkana. Photo: John Rowan

Scientists just discovered Africa is closer to breaking apart than we...

The northern end of the Cascadia subduction zone, where the Juan de Fuca (JdF) and Explorer (Exp) plates slowly move beneath the North American plate, is gradually shutting down piece by piece, with small pieces of the plate breaking off while the remaining plate continues to subduct until the next tear occurs.

Earth is splitting open beneath the Pacific Northwest

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