New models shed light on life’s origin
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The first signs of life emerged on Earth in the form...
A geochemical journey from the center of the Earth
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Yale researchers have a new theory to explain some of the...
Ancient marine faunas unlock secrets of warming oceans
Professor Cathryn Newton studies Middle Devonian marine faunas (such as these brachiopods from 380-390 million...
Scientists identify flank instability at a volcano with history of collapse
Scientists identified flank instability at Pacaya, an active volcano in Guatemala. Credit: Kirsten Stephens/Penn State Landslides...
Simulating 800,000 years of California earthquake history to pinpoint risks
3D view of one especially complex multi-fault rupture from the synthetic earthquake catalog developed by...
There’s lots of water in the world’s most explosive volcano
Shiveluch volcano has had more than 40 violent eruptions over the last 10,000 years. The...
Intertropical Convergence Zone limits climate predictions in the tropical Atlantic
Credit: Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres The strongest climate fluctuation on time scales of...
Researchers trace geologic origins of Gulf of Mexico ‘super basin’ success
The Sun lights up the Texas and Louisiana coast. According to researchers at the University...
Understanding origins of Arizona’s Sunset Crater eruption of 1,000 years ago
Around 1085 AD, along the southern rim of Northern Arizona's elevated Colorado Plateau, a volcano...
Gas pressure depletion and seismicity
A sectioned quartz-quartz grain contact revealing a thin clay film (ribbon-like structure). Compaction and shear...