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 upright, and was built for heavy chewing with relatively massive jaws, and...
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. Her research sheds light on the possible factors that influenced these changes,...
Scientists have pinpointed a giant rift under Earth that is developing between the Arabian-African and Eurasian plates. Led by geologist Renas Koshnaw of MIT...
NPL and MSL in New Zealand successfully detected a multitude of earthquakes in the Pacific Ocean using a pioneering detection technique.
The team are performing...
A recent swarm of small shallow earthquakes in Mexico City in 2019 and 2023 caused surprisingly strong ground shaking, prompting researchers to wonder how...
Several more earthquakes have struck waters around the Greek island of Santorini just hours after authorities there declared a state of emergency.
The tourist hotspot...
Plates at subduction zones typically move just a few centimeters per year. But when accumulated stress at these convergent plate boundaries releases suddenly, the...
Two of the ten most damaging earthquakes in recorded history happened on January 17th. This year is the thirtieth anniversary of Japan's Great Hanshin-Awaji...
A recent Colorado State University study published in the journal Geology demonstrates that climate change can affect the frequency of earthquakes, adding to a...
An increase in the number of earthquakes under a volcano near Alaska's largest city this year has geologists paying attention.
Mount Spurr, about 80 miles...
