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In 2024, researchers from the universities of Oxford and Birmingham excavated a huge expanse of a quarry floor in Oxfordshire filled with hundreds of dinosaur footprints. Dating to the Middle Jurassic period (around 166 million years ago),...
Scientific and commercial activities on the moon could permanently change the lunar environment. These activities include sending vehicles to the moon, extracting its resources through mining the lunar surface, building facilities and extracting water from areas...

Archaeological remains in Alaska show humans and dogs bonded 12,000 years ago

"Dog is man's best friend" may be an ancient cliché, but when that friendship began is a longstanding question among scientists. A study led...

A million years without a megaslide: Study goes deep into the Gulf of Alaska to investigate why

Earthquakes, volcanic activity, and sediment flux can trigger underwater landslides known as submarine slides, which can translate to tsunamis on the surface. Megaslides are...

First seismic network installed on Alaska’s reawakened Mount Edgecumbe volcano

Mount Edgecumbe volcano in Southeast Alaska has become the latest addition to the Alaska Volcano Observatory's ground-based monitoring network. An observatory team in early...

Ash from Russian volcano prompts Alaska flight cancellations

Alaska Airlines canceled about two dozen flights in its namesake state Thursday because of an ash cloud from a volcano in Russia, the Seattle-based...

Swarm of quakes at Alaska volcano could mean eruption coming

A swarm of earthquakes occurring over the past few weeks has intensified at a remote Alaska volcano dormant for over a century, a possible...

Quake swarms at neighboring Alaska volcanoes raise concerns

Not one but two volcanoes on the same island in Alaska's Aleutian chain were rocked by earthquakes on Friday, prompting concerns about a possible...

Alaska study compares ground motion, magnitude estimates from satellite and seismic records

When it comes to making a rapid estimate of ground motion and moment magnitude for an earthquake, using data from Global Navigation Satellite Systems...

New study calculates retreat of glacier edges in Alaska’s Kenai Fjords National Park

As glaciers worldwide retreat due to climate change, managers of national parks need to know what's on the horizon to prepare for the future....

Large tundra wildfire in southwest Alaska threatens villages

The largest documented wildfire burning through tundra in southwest Alaska was within miles of two Alaska Native villages, prompting officials Friday to urge residents...

The link between temperature, dehydration and tectonic tremors in Alaska

A Kobe University research group has shed light on how low-frequency tectonic tremors occur; these findings will contribute towards better predictions of future megathrust...

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