Though mid-century plutonium has emerged as the frontrunner for the new epoch's golden spike, a tidal wave of other signals are also coupled with its rise. Some of these signals in the rock, like plutonium, sulfur, and DDT have been largely curbed
Geologists would argue that the discovery is not surprising because of southern China's karst topography, Veni, who works for a sister agency of the organization that explored the Chinese sinkhole, told Live Science's Stephanie Pappas. Karst is a
When you try to look at the volcanoes of the United States with these lenses, a list can begin to form. The US Geological Survey publishes a "Threat Assessment" for US volcanoes, the last one in 2018. Using their rankings, Hawaii's K?lauea is con
Charlotte Pearson, an associate professor in the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, is lead author of a new paper in PNAS Nexus that combines a mosaic of techniques to confirm the source of a volcanic eruption in 1628 B.C. While the eruption was previ
For many people, the mention of a volcanic eruption conjures up doomsday scenarios that include deafening explosions, dark ash billowing into the stratosphere and gloopy lava burying everything in its path as panicked humans run for their lives. Whil
Now, in a new study in the journal Earth-Science Reviews, an international team of paleontologists from France, the United States and Turkey describe the discovery and history of a continent they've dubbed "Balkanatolia" that connected Asia, Afri
"You get used to it. The walls shake," says Sam, a resident of Midland, a town in west Texas where hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas -- known as "fracking" -- is causing more and more earthquakes.
The volcano's activity has dropped since the eruption, however it continues to release gases into the atmosphere. These include sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide, which volcanologist Shane Cronin told Reuters news agency could interact with water a
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'Once in a THOUSAND years explosion': Death toll is unknown on ash-choked Tonga after underwater volcano sparked deadly tsunami wiping out internet on island paradise - two die in Peru as waves smash Latin America and US West coast
Researchers including The University of Texas at Austin have published a study in Nature that says subducting tectonic plates become segmented like a slinky snake, in a process similar to geologic boudinage (pictured) but on a much larger scale [Cred
Mass extinction that wiped out 90% of species 250 million years ago was driven by a volcanic eruption that plunged Earth into a freezing winter, study finds
Now, a team of researchers has zeroed in on what could be the deepest earthquake ever detected, shaking up scientists' understanding of them. In 2015, a 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck beneath Japan's Bonin Islands. One of the aftershocks occurred
Of concern was that during the event, no action would be made to inform or protect a single soul according to a geologist working at La Palma, "I am a geologist currently working under an NDA as a contractor to develop a plan of action in the event
Beneath 2,500 feet of ice at the South Pole, a 23-square-mile unfrozen lake flows in complete darkness under that immense mass of ice and snow. What's in that buried lake is even more surprising: life. Microbes thrive in this unbelievably inhospita
The Japan Meteorological Agency announced an "Eruption Bulletin" at 0200 Sunday of an active stratovolcano known as Sakurajima, located in Kagoshima Prefecture in Kyushu, Japan.
Mostly submerged and stretching almost two million square miles, Zealandia has long piqued the interest of scientists. Researchers are hopeful that further study of the landmass will give insights into the seafloor, climate history, and even pollutio
Scientists monitoring the unsettled geological activity on Hawaii's biggest island say that while an eruption of the volcano that dominates the landscape isn't yet imminent, Mauna Loa's long nap may be coming to an end.
We follow geologist Steve Austin and Del Tackett to Arizona where we can see the Grand Staircase, a thick stack of rock layers which are visible as sets of parallel cliffs above the Grand Canyon. He then explains how the history of the world is best
"An upsurge of hot rock from deep beneath the Atlantic Ocean may be driving the continents on either side apart," writes Maria Temming in Science News.
A proposed scientific balloon flight in northern Sweden has attracted opposition from environmental groups over fears it could lead to the use of solar geoengineering to cool the Earth and combat the climate crisis by mimicking the effect of a large
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