geology
The World’s Highest Mountain Has Grown By Two Feet
China and Nepal have announced the new height for Mount Everest after previous disagreements on including the snow cap.
This Map Lets You See Where Modern Cities Were Millions of Years Ago
What is New Delhi today was a floating landmass south of the equator when the first dinosaurs lived on the planet.
COVID has Caused the Longest and Deepest Reduction in Human Noise on Record
With most of the world in lockdown, the "seismic noise" produced by humans has reduced by up to 50 percent.
What Caused the First Mass Extinction 445 Million Years Ago? Global Warming, Suggest Scientists
The event wiped out over 85 percent of all marine life on the planet.
Scientists Are Studying Areas of Earth Where Time Is Mysteriously Missing
In mysterious rock formations known as "unconformities," millions of years of Earth's history are missing. Now, scientists have the best idea yet as to why.
Scientists Discover a New Phenomena Called 'Stormquakes'
Some powerful storms are so intense that they literally shake the ocean floor.
A Bunch of Australian Volcanoes Have Been Named after Shane Warne
The name of the newly discovered Warnie Volcanic Province was inspired by the leg-spinner's 'fiery temperament' and 'explosive talent'.
500-Million-Year-Old Worm ‘Superhighway’ Found Hidden in the Mountains
A fossilized ecosystem offers new evidence for life that once existed in seemingly uninhabitable places.
NASA Successfully Landed Its Digging Robot on Mars
InSight is the first Mars mission to focus on the red planet’s interior, and will drill a hole five meters into its surface.
Megafloods on Mars Carved Giant Canyons Into the Red Planet
Jezero Crater, site of a Martian paleolake, is on the shortlist of landing sites for NASA's Mars 2020 rover.
Data From a Dead Satellite Reveals Lost Continents Under Antarctica
“These gravity images are revolutionizing our ability to study the least understood continent on Earth—Antarctica.”
Geologists Show Tasmania and the Grand Canyon Were Connected on Ancient Supercontinent
Rocks from Arizona’s Unkar Group and Tasmania’s Rocky Cape Group were likely part of the same formation 1.1 billion years ago on the supercontinent Rodinia.