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Pristine samples of the asteroid Bennu transported to Earth contain the “basic building blocks” for life, shedding new light on the perennial question of...
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Revolutionizing seismic data analysis: Lili Feng’s pioneering role in earth’s subsurface exploration
The emergence of machine learning and seismic data analysis marks the beginning of a new era of discovery, revealing possibilities we've only just begun...
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A volcanic eruption that has engulfed homes in an Icelandic fishing port confirms that a long-dormant faultline running under the country has woken up,...
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The theory is that the Moon was created 4.5 billion years ago when a would-be planet the size of Mars smashed into the still-forming...
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As scientists make the case that humans have fundamentally transformed the planet enough to warrant our own geological epoch, another question arises: is there...
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Iron-rich ancient sediments, under conditions influenced by emerging microbial life, may have helped cause some of the largest volcanic events in our planet's history.
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Millions of years ago, the Earth was so cold that most of its surface was covered in ice. But that hard freeze might have...
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There are few places on Earth as isolated as Trindade island, a volcanic outcrop a three- to four-day boat trip off the coast of...
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Of interest is the ‘leftover strain’ from an earthquake. Here the extent of this helps to predict when a second earthquake will occur.
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Due to many areas having significant geological complexity, this means that shale gas development poses extraordinary challenges.