GEOLOGY

Ancient landslide destroyed area size of Cincinnati

EARTH
University of Cincinnati geologists reconstructed a massive landslide in Nevada that wiped out an area the size of a small city more than 5...

Geological activity can rapidly change deep microbial communities

GEOLOGY
In the deep subsurface that plunges into the Earth for miles, microscopic organisms inhabit vast bedrock pores and veins. Belowground microorganisms, or microbes, comprise...

Researchers discover ‘hotspots’ of three-layered alternatively rotating circulation in South China Sea

GEOLOGY
A research team led by Prof. Gan Jianping, director of the Center for Ocean Research Hong Kong and Macau (CORE) at The Hong Kong...

Earliest geochemical evidence of plate tectonics found in 3.8-billion-year-old crystal

GEOLOGY
A handful of ancient zircon crystals found in South Africa hold the oldest evidence of subduction, a key element of plate tectonics, according to...

Methane emissions detected over offshore platform in the Gulf of Mexico

ENVIRONMENT
A team of scientists have used satellite data to detect methane plumes from an offshore platform in the Gulf of Mexico. This is the...

Stalagmites reveal Australia’s pre-colonial bushfire history

GEOLOGY
Like Plato's Cave, where fires reveal the portrait of an otherwise hidden reality, researchers have for the first time used a stalagmite's chemical signal...

Researcher confirms hottest rock on record

GEOLOGY
If there was ever any doubt the 2011 discovery by a post-doctoral student was indeed the hottest rock on Earth, new findings from a...

Strange ‘reverse shock wave’ supernova is exploding in the wrong direction

GEOLOGY
Part of the shock wave is shrinking rather than expanding. A powerful shock wave traveling through a cloud of gas left behind by the explosive...

As tectonic plates pull apart, what drives the formation of rifts?

GEOLOGY
At the boundaries between tectonic plates, narrow rifts can form as Earth’s crust slowly pulls apart. But how, exactly, does this rifting happen? Does pressure from...

Geologists Day – April 3, 2022

GEOLOGY
Geologists Day takes place on the first Sunday in April every year. Finally, a day dedicated to a woefully underrated science. Without geologists, we...

Mysterious, giant stone jars found in India

GEOLOGY
Mysterious giant jars that may have been used for burial rituals have been unearthed across four new sites in Assam, India. The discovery comes...

Geologists build preliminary account of Tonga eruption

GEOLOGY
On January 15, the volcano Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai devastated the nation of Tonga. The eruption triggered tsunamis as far afield as the Caribbean and...
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