Representative samples of the modern fauna (left three samples) and the Paleozoic fauna (right four samples). (Image credit: Sarah Leibovitz)

Researchers confirm cause of Earth’s biggest mass extinction

Record-breaking ocean drilling reveals why Japan’s 2011 tsunami was so deadly

Fault-controlled basins and interpreted structural frame in the newly identified EAFBP. Credit: Nature Geoscience (2026). DOI: 10.1038/s41561-026-01991-6

Giant fan-shaped geological structure discovered beneath East Antarctica

Maeser-seismo

The mystery of Utah’s deep quakes

Antarctic ice sheet response to climate and sea level. Ross Sea ice-shelf transect for low-CO₂ conditions, corresponding to high sensitivity to forcings: (left) climate contribution, (middle) sea-level contribution, and (right) combined impacts of climate and sea-level changes.

Antarctica’s ice sheet hit a climate tipping point 1 million years...

Carbonatite – one of the most common rare earth element-bearing igneous rocks Credit: Sally Gibson

Scientists map rocks with rare earth element potential, helping pinpoint new...

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.

Hidden earthquake faults beneath Seattle may be more dangerous than expected

Molten lava from a Hawaiian volcano. Image: Willyam/Adobe

Europe’s most active volcano may have a secret origin

A depiction of an asteroid heading toward Earth, with the moon in the background. (Image credit: Juan Gartner via Getty Images)

A massive asteroid slammed into the North Sea and triggered a...

The Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai-volcanic eruption on 15 january 2022. Image taken from a video of the eruption. Source: Tonga Geological Services

Scientists stunned: Volcano cleans up after itself by removing methane from...

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