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yesterday

Scientists Identify Fan-Shaped Megastructure Beneath East Antarctica

The Nature Geoscience study links the feature to ancient rotational stretching of the crust and signals possible effects on present-day ice flow and stability.

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6d ago

New Québec Fossil Narrows Late‑Cambrian Furongian Gap

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last mo.

Paleolatitude.org Relaunches With 320-Million-Year Map of Past Latitudes

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New Study Finds Tectonic Uplift Shaped the Twelve Apostles and Pins Their Limestone at 8.6–14 Million Years

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GSI Declares Karnataka’s Yana Caves a Geo-Heritage Site of National Importance

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last mo.

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

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2mo ago

142-Kilogram Emerald ‘SELENA’ Heads to Auction With R$ 79.8 Million Opening Price

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2mo ago

Climate Change Is Slowing Earth’s Rotation at a Record Rate, Study Finds

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2mo ago

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

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3mo ago

Scientists Recover Record Sub-Ice Sediment Core Beneath West Antarctica

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3mo ago

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

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3mo ago

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

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4mo ago

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

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4mo ago

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

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4mo ago

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

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4mo ago

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

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5mo ago

Magnitude 2.6 Earthquake Recorded Near Madison, Ohio Late Monday

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5mo ago

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

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5mo ago

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

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5mo ago

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

Geological History

Scientists Identify Fan-Shaped Megastructure Beneath East Antarctica

New Québec Fossil Narrows Late‑Cambrian Furongian Gap

Paleolatitude.org Relaunches With 320-Million-Year Map of Past Latitudes

New Study Finds Tectonic Uplift Shaped the Twelve Apostles and Pins Their Limestone at 8.6–14 Million Years

GSI Declares Karnataka’s Yana Caves a Geo-Heritage Site of National Importance

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

142-Kilogram Emerald ‘SELENA’ Heads to Auction With R$ 79.8 Million Opening Price

Climate Change Is Slowing Earth’s Rotation at a Record Rate, Study Finds

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

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Geological History

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

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

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