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Study finds link between Grand Canyon landslide and Meteor Crater impact

Geology is full of detective stories about the Earth's history, and a new paper in Geology by University of New Mexico Distinguished Professors Emeritus...

Southwestern Iceland volcano erupts, prompting evacuation of town and geothermal spa

A volcanic eruption in southwestern Iceland has once again forced the evacuation of local residents and the internationally known Blue Lagoon geothermal spa, the...

Agro-pastoral activities accelerated mountain soil erosion for 3,800 years, study finds

Over the last 3,800 years, agro-pastoral activities have accelerated alpine soil erosion at a pace four to 10 times faster than their natural formation....

Magnitude 6.7 earthquake strikes Indonesia’s Tanimbar Islands region, geophysics agency says

An earthquake of magnitude 6.7 struck off the coast of Indonesia's Tanimbar Islands region on Monday, the country's geophysics agency said, adding there was...

Ritualistically buried donkey remains provide insight into trade and culture in ancient Israel

Donkeys played an important role in the lives of ancient Mediterranean people, providing both food and a means of carrying goods. New evidence from...

Research shows path toward protocells on Saturn’s moon Titan

NASA research has shown that cell-like compartments called vesicles could form naturally in the lakes of Saturn's moon Titan. Titan is the only world apart...

New clues from two million-year-old tooth enamel tell us more about an ancient relative of humans

For nearly a century, scientists have been puzzling over fossils from a strange and robust-looking distant relative of early humans: Paranthropus robustus. It walked...

Study reveals how ancient elk rock art transformed from realistic to warped wolf-like beasts

A recent study by Dr. Esther Jacobson-Tepfer, published in the Cambridge Archaeological Journal, explores the transformation of elk rock art in the Mongolian Altai....

Elephants gesture with an intention to communicate their desires, study finds

Humans have long mastered the art of expressing their goals and needs through both language and gestures. A similar behavior is also observed in...

The biggest piece of Mars on Earth is going up for auction in New York

For sale: A 54-pound (25-kilogram) rock. Estimated auction price: $2 million to $4 million. Why so expensive? It's the largest piece of Mars ever...

Measuring how—and where—Antarctic ice is cracking with new data tool

A total collapse of the roughly 80-mile-wide Thwaites Glacier, the widest in the world, would trigger changes that could lead to 11 feet of...

Vanishing shores: Coastal geologist issues urgent call to save the Gulf Coast

For John B. Anderson, the Gulf Coast is personal. The W. Maurice Ewing Professor Emeritus of Oceanography at Rice University spent his early years...

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