Author: contact.geology

How far would leaf-eating insects go to dine on their favorite food? Perhaps the other side of the world, according to researchers at Penn State who found insect damage on fossil leaves from South America that...
Observing Greenland from a helicopter, the main problem is one of comprehending scale. I have thought we were skimming low over the waves of a fjord, before noticing the tiny shadow of a seabird far below...

Study debunks nuclear test misinformation following 2024 Iran earthquake

A new study debunks claims that a magnitude 4.5 earthquake in Iran was a covert nuclear weapons test, as widely alleged on social media...

Santorini earthquakes: What does it mean for holidaymakers visiting the popular Greek island?

Schools were closed and emergency crews deployed on the volcanic Greek island of Santorini on Monday after a spike in seismic activity raised concerns...

Emergency crews deployed on Santorini as an earthquake swarm worries Greek experts

Schools were closed and emergency crews deployed on the volcanic Greek island of Santorini on Monday after a spike in seismic activity raised concerns...

Cracks in Greenland Ice Sheet grow more rapidly in response to climate change, study warns

The Greenland Ice Sheet is cracking open more rapidly as it responds to climate change. The warning comes in a new large-scale study of...

Piecing together the puzzle of the world’s earliest datable rune stone

Piecing together fragments of the world's earliest known rune stone shows they fit together like a jigsaw puzzle and may have been separated intentionally,...

Greek island Santorini on earthquake alert after more than 200 tremors

More than 200 tremors near the island of Santorini have prompted Greek authorities to close schools and tell residents to avoid some ports and...

Astronomers have spied an asteroid that may be heading for Earth: What we know so far

On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from Earth. Follow-up observations have...

Pristine asteroid samples reveal secrets of the ancient solar system

The key to the new discovery was the pristine condition of the samples. Many of the salts present degrade quickly when exposed to the atmosphere....

Ceres: Where does its organic material come from?

The dwarf planet Ceres, which is around 960 kilometers in size, orbits the outer edge of the asteroid belt - and is an oddity...

Asteroid the size of a 20-story building headed for Earth in 2032, astronomers warn

A large asteroid is headed towards Earth – and could collide with us in just a few years. Known as Asteroid 2024 YR4, the nearly...

A ‘city-killer’ asteroid might hit Earth—how worried should we be?

A colossal explosion in the sky, unleashing energy hundreds of times greater than the Hiroshima bomb. A blinding flash nearly as bright as the...

Are we all aliens? NASA’s returned asteroid samples hold the ingredients of life from a watery world

Asteroid samples fetched by NASA hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty remains of an ancient water world,...

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