New study to uncover how climate change and tectonics drove evolution in East Africa
First-of-its-kind international study is rooted in 17 million year-old whale fossilCredit: Isaiah Nengo STONY BROOK, NY, (Under Embargo until September ...
Tag: Plate Tectonics
Bristol scientists shine light on tiny crystals behind unexpected violent eruptions
Credit: Brooker/Griffiths/Heard/Cherns In a new study of volcanic processes, Bristol scientists have demonstrated the role nanolites play in the creation ...
Seismic data explains continental collision beneath Tibet
Credit: Image credit: Courtesy Simon Klemperer In addition to being the last horizon for adventurers and spiritual seekers, the Himalaya ...
Detaching and uplifting, not bulldozing
Credit: ETH Zurich For a long time, geoscientists have assumed that the Alps were formed when the Adriatic plate from ...
Evergreen needles act as air quality monitors
Measuring magnetic particles on needles reveals particulate air pollutionCredit: Paul Gabrielsen/University of Utah Every tree, even an evergreen, can be ...
Rebirth of a volcano
For the first time, long-term photogrammetic series document the "life cycle" of a volcano. The analyses shows that volcanoes have ...
Japan’s geologic history in question after discovery of metamorphic rock microdiamonds
a: Geological zone in western Japan. The blue-green part is the Sanbagawa belt that crosses mainland Japan. The Nishisonogi metamorphic ...
Meteorite strikes may create unexpected form of silica
When a meteorite hurtles through the atmosphere and crashes to Earth, how does its violent impact alter the minerals found ...
Small quake clusters can’t hide from AI
Small quake clusters can't hide from AI Rice researchers use deep learning to find signs were present before deadly Greenland ...
Machine learning unearths signature of slow-slip quake origins in seismic data
Results provide insight into fundamental earthquake physics and suggest slow-slip earth rupture might be predictableCredit: Galyna Andrushko/Shutterstock.com LOS ALAMOS, N.M., ...
Citizen scientists help geologists to identify earthquakes and tectonic tremors
Citizens outperform AI after only one hour of trainingCredit: The authors It is not yet possible to predict earthquakes, but ...
Iron-rich meteorites show record of core crystallization in system’s oldest planetesimals
To truly understand what makes our planet capable of sustaining life, and to look for habitable worlds elsewhere, it is ...
New scenario for the India-Asia collision dynamics
Credit: ©Science China Press To elucidate the timing, location and geodynamic models of the India-Asia collision, Yuan and colleagues conducted ...
Scientists reveal an explosive secret hidden beneath seemingly trustworthy volcanoes
Credit: Gabriel Salazar, La Pinta Yacht Expedition. An international team of volcanologists working on remote islands in the Galápagos Archipelago ...
Model links patterns in sediment to rain, uplift and sea level change
Credit: Jinyu Zhang/ The University of Texas at Austin. Forces that shape the Earth's surface are recorded in a number ...
New depth map of the Arctic Ocean
The IBCAO 4.0 bathymetric chartCredit: Stockholm University (Sweden) An international team of researchers has published the most detailed submarine map ...
“Inchworm” pattern of Indonesian earthquake rupture powered seismic “boom”
University of Tsukuba researchers report "inchworm-like" slip evolution of supershear rupture along the Palu-Koro fault during the 2018 Palu earthquake ...
Arizona rock core sheds light on triassic dark ages
Credit: Cornelia Rasmussen A rock core from Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, has given scientists a powerful new tool to ...
Cause of abnormal groundwater rise after large earthquake
How a mountain aquifer affected the local hydrological environment after a large earthquakePrior to the earthquake, Kumamoto City area groundwater ...
Geologists identify deep-earth structures that may signal hidden metal lodes
Finding new giant copper, lead, zinc deposits could fuel green infrastructureCredit: Adapted from Hoggard et al., Nature Geoscience, 2020 If ...
