GEOLOGY

Himalayas formation may have destroyed at least 30% of continental crust in collision zone

Earth's continents are slowly moving across the planet's surface due to plate tectonics, culminating in regions of crustal expansion and collision. In the latter...

Geologists rewrite textbooks with new insights from Cambrian rocks of Grand Canyon

Since soon after our planet formed, Earth's 4.6 billion-year-long history was dominated by single-celled life. Something dramatic happened about 500 million years ago called...

Geologist identifies metamorphic rock as a crucial feature of the ancient Earth’s carbon cycle

If Earth's history were a calendar year, humans would not appear until the last few minutes before midnight on Dec. 31. During the Proterozoic...

How many typhoons will make landfall on Taiwan Island this year?

Typhoons, with their severe winds, rain, storm surges, and secondary disasters, have long been a key focus for local governments, meteorological departments, and research...

Geologist helps track lead pollution in a Tibetan glacier, revealing global impact of human activities

A collaborative research team involving Texas A&M University geologist Dr. Franco Marcantonio has examined the source of lead contamination in a Tibetan glacier, concluding...

Professor helps discover global gap in geologic record

About 34 million years ago, Earth began to cool dramatically, transforming the climate from greenhouse to icehouse and causing sea levels to fall. As...

Geologists discover mysterious subduction zone beneath Pacific, reshaping understanding of Earth’s interior

University of Maryland scientists uncovered evidence of an ancient seafloor that sank deep into Earth during the age of dinosaurs, challenging existing theories about...

Tracing millions of years of geologic stress in the Andean Plateau

The Andean Plateau in South America rises, on average, more than 4,000 meters above sea level, formed by orogenic uplift that began more than...

New incompletely rifted microcontinent identified between Greenland and Canada

Plate tectonics are the driving force behind Earth's continental configurations, with the lithosphere (oceanic and continental crusts and upper mantle) moving due to convection...

No Tour de France without geology

It's hard to imagine a cycling season without the contributions of Geo-Sports.org. After the successful editions of previous years, the sports commentaries for the...

A mountainous mystery uncovered in South Australia’s pink sands

Deposits of deep-pink sand washing up on South Australian shores shed new light on when the Australian tectonic plate began to subduct beneath the...

Geobiologist’s team discovers ‘missing’ sea sponges

At first glance, the simple sea sponge is no creature of mystery. No brain. No gut. No problem dating it back 700 million years....

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