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Tasman Gateway Winds, Not Gateways Alone, Drove the Antarctic Circumpolar Current

Coupled climate–ice-sheet simulations in PNAS identify wind alignment through the Tasman Gateway as the missing trigger for the current’s full development.

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Study Confirms North Sea’s Silverpit Crater Was Made by an Asteroid, Triggering Ancient Mega-Tsunami

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Scientists Recover Record Sub-Ice Sediment Core Beneath West Antarctica

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Magnitude 2.3 Quake Felt Near Maine–Canada Border With No Damage Reported

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Study Finds Deep-Earth Drip Fixed Green River’s Path Through Utah’s Uinta Mountains

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Arabian Sea Held More Oxygen During Past Warm Period, New Study Shows

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Huayuan Biota From China Unveils Deep-Water Cambrian Life After Early Mass Extinction

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Shiveluch Erupts on Russia’s Kamchatka, Sending Ash Column to 9,000 Meters

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‘Star of Pure Land’ Purple Star Sapphire Unveiled in Sri Lanka After GIA Certification

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Magnitude 2.6 Earthquake Recorded Near Madison, Ohio Late Monday

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Mount Etna Enters New Eruptive Phase With Lava Advancing Toward Valle del Bove

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Kīlauea Marks One Year of Eruption With 39th Summit Fountaining Episode Reaching 1,400 Feet

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Ancient Salt Yields First Direct Mesoproterozoic CO2, Indicating a Mild 1.4-Billion-Year Climate

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Record Fall Rains Bring Shallow Lake Manly Back to Death Valley

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Record Fall Rains Revive Shallow Lake Manly in Death Valley

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Vogtland–Bohemia Quake Swarm Rekindles With Four Felt Tremors, Up to Magnitude 2.7

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Bolivia Site Confirmed as World’s Largest Dinosaur Footprint Complex

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INAH Confirms Dinosaur Footprint Sites in Mexico’s Tehuacán–Cuicatlán Biosphere

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Prospector’s ‘Gold Nugget’ Identified as 4.6-Billion-Year-Old Meteorite in Victoria

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Ethiopia's Long-Dormant Hayli Gubbi Erupts as Ash Cloud Disrupts India Flights

Geological History

Tasman Gateway Winds, Not Gateways Alone, Drove the Antarctic Circumpolar Current

Study Confirms North Sea’s Silverpit Crater Was Made by an Asteroid, Triggering Ancient Mega-Tsunami

Scientists Recover Record Sub-Ice Sediment Core Beneath West Antarctica

Magnitude 2.3 Quake Felt Near Maine–Canada Border With No Damage Reported

Study Finds Deep-Earth Drip Fixed Green River’s Path Through Utah’s Uinta Mountains

Arabian Sea Held More Oxygen During Past Warm Period, New Study Shows

Huayuan Biota From China Unveils Deep-Water Cambrian Life After Early Mass Extinction

Shiveluch Erupts on Russia’s Kamchatka, Sending Ash Column to 9,000 Meters

‘Star of Pure Land’ Purple Star Sapphire Unveiled in Sri Lanka After GIA Certification

Magnitude 2.6 Earthquake Recorded Near Madison, Ohio Late Monday

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Geological History

Mount Etna Enters New Eruptive Phase With Lava Advancing Toward Valle del Bove

Kīlauea Marks One Year of Eruption With 39th Summit Fountaining Episode Reaching 1,400 Feet

Ancient Salt Yields First Direct Mesoproterozoic CO2, Indicating a Mild 1.4-Billion-Year Climate

Record Fall Rains Bring Shallow Lake Manly Back to Death Valley

Record Fall Rains Revive Shallow Lake Manly in Death Valley

Vogtland–Bohemia Quake Swarm Rekindles With Four Felt Tremors, Up to Magnitude 2.7

Bolivia Site Confirmed as World’s Largest Dinosaur Footprint Complex

INAH Confirms Dinosaur Footprint Sites in Mexico’s Tehuacán–Cuicatlán Biosphere

Prospector’s ‘Gold Nugget’ Identified as 4.6-Billion-Year-Old Meteorite in Victoria

Ethiopia's Long-Dormant Hayli Gubbi Erupts as Ash Cloud Disrupts India Flights

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