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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 CO
2
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.
Interesting
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.
Newest
Volcano Monitoring
to protect the military, air traffic, shipping and residents.
Abydosaurus:
A huge new sauropod dinosaur was found.
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
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...
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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.