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Study Confirms Continent-Sized ‘BLOBS’ Fuel Massive Volcanic Plumes

Researchers will deploy advanced geodynamic simulations to resolve whether these continent-scale structures drift within Earth’s mantle

6.7-Magnitude Quake Jolts Tanimbar Islands Region, No Tsunami Risk

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Denver Museum Displays 67.5-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Vertebra Unearthed Beneath Parking Lot

Overdue Cascadia Quake Threatens 100-Foot Tsunami and Tripled Floodplains

Denver Museum Unveils 67.5-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Vertebra Found 763 Feet Underground

Researchers Recover 24-Million-Year-Old Proteins, Redrawing Rhino Evolution

Mount Rainier Swarm Eases but Shows No Signs of Eruption

Pilbara’s Miralga Crater Found Younger and Smaller Than Initially Estimated

Chang’e-6 Samples Reveal 4 Billion-Year Impact and Extended Volcanism on Moon’s Far Side

Rapid Glacier Retreat Could Ignite Dormant Volcanoes Beneath Ice Sheets

Ancient Rainforest Collapse Locked Earth in a Five-Million-Year Hothouse

Scientists Confirm Rhythmic Mantle Pulses Driving Africa’s Rift

Earth’s Oldest Intact Rocks Confirmed at 4.16 Billion Years in Quebec

Canadian Greenstone Belt Rocks Dated to 4.16 Billion Years, Possibly Earth’s Oldest

Seismic Swarm and Shinmoe Eruption Fuel Anxiety Over Predicted July Disaster

Pulsing Mantle ‘Heartbeat’ Beneath Afar Fuels Africa’s Rift

Strong, Shallow M6.2 Quake Strikes East of Philippine Islands

Kilauea Erupts Lava Fountains Over 1,000 Feet in Latest Episode

Harbin 'Dragon Man' Skull Identified as First Complete Denisovan Cranium

Seismic Data Uncover 'Dani' Ghost Plume Beneath Oman