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7,846 results for: Geology

  1. Earth

    Earth’s oldest rocks may be at least 4.16 billion years old

    If the new age of these Canadian rocks is solid, they would be the first and only ones known to have survived Earth’s earliest, tumultuous time.

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  2. Anthropology

    A drowned landscape held clues to the lives of ancient human relatives

    The remains of extinct Homo erectus dredged from the seabed off Java, along with thousands of animal fossils, are revealing a long-lost ecosystem.

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  3. Earth

    The United States’ oldest known rock has existed for at least 3.6 billion years

    More than just a cool bit of trivia, the finding raises questions about our understanding of Earth’s history.

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  4. Planetary Science

    Check out some of the weird rocks that have turned up on Mars

    Some of the unusual rocks carry stories about water on Mars. One has hints of long-gone microbes. All tell of a dynamic, complex planet.

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  5. Science & Society

    A Supreme Court ruling on nuclear waste spotlights U.S. storage woes

    Court ruling allows interim nuclear waste storage in Texas, but the U.S. still has no long-term plan for its 90,000 metric tons of spent fuel.

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  6. Oceans

    Seafloor amber may hold hints of a tsunami 115 million years ago

    Oddly shaped deposits of tree resin point to massive waves that struck northern Japan roughly 115 million years ago and swept a forest into the sea.

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  7. Earth

    Ancient rocks reveal when rivers began pouring nutrients into the sea

    Rivers began pumping weathered material into the sea about a billion years after Earth formed, suggesting continents may have gotten an early start.

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  8. Climate

    Unearthed ice may be the Arctic’s oldest buried glacier remnant

    Thanks to climate change, thawing permafrost in the Canadian Arctic has revealed the buried remnant of a glacier that’s 770,000 years old.

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  9. Earth

    Spooky floating lights in South Carolina could be earthquake farts

    Gases that rise from the earth during earthquakes could explain strange sightings of floating balls of light.

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  10. Planetary Science

    Venus’ tectonics may be actively reshaping its surface

    Circular landforms speckling the Venusian surface may be the work of tectonic activity.

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  11. Earth

    More details about the Myanmar earthquake are emerging

    A phenomenon called liquefaction, which causes the ground to slump like quicksand, led to significant damage after the Myanmar earthquake. The risk of aftershock remains high.

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  12. Earth

    ‘Turning to Stone’ paints rocks as storytellers and mentors

    Part memoir, part geology explainer, Marcia Bjornerud’s latest book explores the hidden wisdom of Earth’s rocks.

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