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Exploring the Mariana Trench: A robotic vehicle dives 6.8 miles down - a new world record!

World Record Shake Test: A six-story wood-frame condo survives a hard shaking.

How Old Are The Andes Mountains? New research suggests that the growth of the Andes Mountains began much earlier than 7 MYA.

What Are Stromatolites? Learn all about them. Do they exist in the sedimentary rocks of Mars?

Pacific Tsunami Threat: Alaska earthquakes can impact the Pacific Basin.

Top Ten New Species: Amazing plants and creatures from the International Institute for Species Exploration at ASU.

The World's Richest and Most Extensive Marine Bone Deposit: Was it a marine "killing field" or the site of a sudden "die off?"

How Fast Does Magma Rise? Rates as fast as a meter per second!.

Banded Iron Formations: A new model is proposed for the origin of BIFs.

Climate Change Data From Arctic Deltas: New data on sea level, climate and human influence from sediment cores.

Hydrofracing a geothermal well? Will oil & gas methods work in hot rock?

Nano-Research for Enhanced Oil Recovery: A study of pore spaces might boost oil yield.

Concrete's Carbon Footprint Reconsidered: Production of concrete produces lots of CO₂ but concrete later absorbs the gas from the atmosphere.

Rapid Glacier Retreat: Some types of glaciers can melt at a very high rate.

Climate Change and Western Water Supplies: Water levels decline rapidly.

Dirty Snow Causes Early Runoff: Pollution & soot increase heat gain and cause melting.

If it is not grown, it is mined.

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Synthetic Diamonds: Growning large, near-flawless stones by chemical vapor deposition

Mantle Hydrocarbons: Can they form in without organic material?

Carbonatite Lava Flows at Oldoinyo Lengai: These CO2-rich lavas flow like motor oil.

Depth of Magma Formation in Subduction Zones: Chlorite determines the depth of magma formation in subuction zones.

How Old is the Amazon River? Age estimated by sampling sediments.

Diamonds as Clues to a Clovis Extinction: Perhaps overhunting by Clovis people was not the cause of these extinctions?

Manganese Deposition by Bacteria and Algae: The source of sea floor nodules and crusts.

Ocean Area Impact Map: Where do climate change and human activities impact the ocean?

Natural Gas Produced By Algae: A renewable domestic fuel - easy to grow and process.

Early Earth Bombardment: Did gases from meteors help establish life?.

Tectonic History In Jade: Dates of metamorphism and fault motion locked in jade.

Submarine Volcano: A study of the eruption, water chemistry and sea life.

Groundwater Depletion in Northern India: NASA satellites monitor levels.

Planet Collision: Spitzer detects a impact from few thousand years ago.

Fossil "Spiders" in 3D: Computer imaging reveals details of 300 MYO predators.

Oil is found first in the mind.

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Volcano Monitoring to protect the military, air traffic, shipping and residents.

Abydosaurus: A huge new sauropod dinosaur was found.

links between dinosaurs and birds questioned

Bird-Dinosaur Links: Birds might not be direct descendents

Forecasting Eruptions: Magma viscosity and earthquakes might be useful in forecasting.

How Water Moves Through Soil: Some basic ideas about movement might be incorrect.

Lost Irrigation Water: Cracks in some Napa Valley soils lose water.

Asteroid Collision: A streak of debris that might be a collision.

Gamburtsev Mountains: Below ice for ages, revealed by radar.

Can the Sun and Moon Trigger Faults? Minute stresses might be triggers.

Venezuela Oil: The Orinoco belt contains one of the world's largest oil deposits.

Deepest Volcano: Erupting 4000 feet below the Pacific's surface.

Fault Behavior: Some faults appear strong but behave like weak faults.

Earth's Core & Magnetic Field: Exploring Earth's internal structure & magnetic field.

Impact of Toba: Evidence that the eruption of Toba deforested much of central India.

Ocean Rifting on Land: A new rift in Ethiopia is analogous to an ocean basin rift.

Stalagmites and Climate: Arctic thaws linked to California drought record by stalagmites.

A 200,000-Year Climate Record: Arctic lake sediments tell climate history.

A Large Volcanic Eruption in 1809 Launched a Cold Decade

The present is the key to the past.

Geology News

EPA to Study Shale Gas Drilling: A large number of people are concerned about...

CA Wildfire History in Sequoia Trees: Scientists can determine the occurrence of past events...

Landslide Creates Lake in Pakistan: A landslide in Pakistan stopped the flow of...

Earth Science Week 2009 – Highlights & News Clippings: During 2009 more than 40 million people were...

Predicting Earthquake Damage: Being able to predict the likelihood and extent...

New Images of Phobos: ESA's Mars Express probe has captured some new...

Dogs Came From the Middle East: New research shows that modern dogs' genomes are...

North Dakota Needs an Oil Refinery: Drillers in North Dakota have been extremely successful...

New Data on San Andreas Carrizo Plain: Researchers are gaining a new understanding of the...

Natural Gas as a Vehicle Fuel and for Power Generation: Rex Tillerson, CEO of Exxon Mobil, says refueling...

Reducing Risk from Volcanoes: How USAID provides crisis assistance.

Mediterranean Tsunamis: Sediment drilling finds four waves in 3500 years.

Supervolcano in Italy: A fossil supervolcano beneath the Italian Alps.

Climate Change: Richard Alley, a leading climate researcher, talks about the impact of change.

Forests as Carbon Dioxide Storage Units: The greenhouse gas impact.

Human Impact on the Coasts: A study points to the most heavily impacted areas.

Platinum Inclusions In Diamonds: Clues to platinum group metal mineralization.

The Eastern Tennessee Seismic Zone: Where faults do not cut the surface.

Atmospheric Lead & Clouds: Triggering the formation of ice crystals that foster clouds.

Geology underlies it all.