GEOLOGY

Study shows that Rio Grande Rise was once a giant mineral-rich tropical island near Brazil

EARTH
A study led by scientists at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil has shown that the Rio Grande Rise (RGR), a possibly...

Researchers uncover source rocks of the first real continents

EARTH
Geoscientists have uncovered a missing link in the enigmatic story of how the continents developed—a revised origin story that doesn't require the start of...

Dozens buried, three killed in southwest China landslide

GEOLOGY
Dozens of people were buried and three were confirmed killed when a landslide struck a remote and mountainous part of southwestern China on Monday. The...

Coal miners in North Dakota unearth a mammoth tusk buried for thousands of years

GEOLOGY
The first person to spot it was a shovel operator working the overnight shift, eyeing a glint of white as he scooped up a...

Supercontinents 101: Pannotia, Gondwana, and Pangea

EARTH
Our Earth has looked radically different in the past compared to today. Supercontinents emerged and broke apart. In their wake, they profoundly changed the...

New planet discovered has a massive ocean and it’s not too far from Earth

EARTH
The scientific community has discovered a new planet. It is located 245 light-years away from Earth and has been named TOI-733b. Its size is...

Plate tectonic surprise: Geologist unexpectedly finds remnants of a lost mega-plate

EARTH
Utrecht University geologist Suzanna van de Lagemaat has reconstructed a massive and previously unknown tectonic plate that was once one-quarter the size of the...

New unified theory shows how past landscapes drove the evolution of Earth’s rich diversity of life

EARTH
Earth's surface is the living skin of our planet—it connects the physical, chemical and biological systems. Over geological time, this surface evolves. Rivers fragment the landscape...

More than a meteorite: New clues about the demise of dinosaurs

GEOLOGY
What wiped out the dinosaurs? A meteorite plummeting to Earth is only part of the story, a new study suggests. Climate change triggered by...

Alpine rock reveals dynamics of plate movements in Earth’s interior

EARTH
Examining how plates move in Earth’s mantle and how mountains form is no easy feat. Certain rocks that have sunk deep into Earth’s interior...

Libyan desert’s yellow glass: How we discovered the origin of these rare and mysterious shards

ENVIRONMENT
The Great Sand Sea Desert stretches over an area of 72,000km² linking Egypt and Libya. If you find yourself in a particular part of...

Volcanic Iceland is rumbling again as magma rises. A geologist explains eruptions in the land of fire and ice

GEOLOGY
Thousands of earthquakes in recent weeks have shaken the Icelandic fishing town of Grindavík, about 30 miles (50 kilometers) southwest of the capital Reykjavik....
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