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Scientists say Earth’s crust is sinking beneath central Turkey in a strange circular pattern, and they believe they finally know whyScientists have discovered a 'bullseye' of rapid sinking in Turkey's Konya Basin. This unusual land subsidence is linked to deep tectonic a...- A tiny lake beside Canada’s oldest ice mass creates a surreal scene from spaceA striking satellite image reveals Gee Lake on Baffin Island, a remnant of the ancient Laurentide Ice Sheet. This ice cap, dating back 20,0...
- Reliance, Essar top bidders for coal-based methane gas exploration blocksThe bidding frenzy for coal-bed methane blocks heats up as Reliance Industries and the Essar Group step into the ring. The Directorate Gene...
- The ground feels solid but deep below, Earth is slowly changingBeneath our seemingly stable world, Earth's deep interior is actively shifting. Scientific research reveals that dense rock slowly "drips" ...
- Tsunami: What is the Pacific 'Ring of Fire'?The Pacific Ring of Fire, a seismically active zone encircling the Pacific Ocean, is home to numerous earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and ...
- Nagaland University-led research assesses stability of high altitude lakes in Sikkim & ArunachalNagaland University is leading a research project. It focuses on high-altitude lakes in Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh. The project assesses ...
- ONGC inks pact with BP for drilling stratigraphic wells in IndiaState-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding with global energy major BP to drill ...
- China to launch first probe to return samples from Moon's far sideA rocket carrying the Chang'e-6 lunar probe is scheduled to blast off from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in southern China's Hainan prov...
- Meet four determined and driven women in leadership roles in Mumbai Metro, IOC, L&T and ONGCExperts say when more women occupy critical roles, they will demand systemic improvements that would throw open the gates and make these se...
- China releases world's 'most detailed' map of MoonChinese scientists from multiple research institutes and universities have created the high resolution topographic map based on data from C...
- Neon to Nature: Nevada beyond Las VegasThe glitz of Las Vegas lures every explorer. However, a trip to Nevada can offer much more than its famed glamor. The state of Nevada, whic...
- Indian and Russian scientists make pathbreaking discovery in mining industryAbout 95 million years ago, there was a shallow warm sea at the territory of the Bakchar ironstone deposit (in the Tomsk oblast, Russia).
- Early life in India dating 2,000 mn years discoveredBengaluru, Nov 23 (IANS) A city-based geologist has discovered 2,000-million-year-old "prokaryotic" microfossils -- considered to be the ea...
- Earth may have brand new continent 'Zealandia'The 4.9 million kilometre region of the southwest Pacific Ocean is made up of continental crust, researchers said.
- 'Great valley' larger than Grand Canyon found on MercuryThe most likely explanation for Mercury's great valley is long-wavelength buckling of the planet's outermost shell in response to global co...
- China to send lunar probe to dark side of moon in 2018With its special environment and complex geological history, the far side of the moon is a hot spot for scientific and space exploration.
- Nearest earthquake zone just 100 km from Bengaluru: StudyThe last time Bengaluru suffered an earthquake was on January 29, 2001, whose magnitude was 4.3 on the Richter scale.
- NELP-IX: Global oil majors shun India’s offer of oil and gas blocksAnalysts said India would only attract smaller companies for exploration. International companies don’t see India as a preferred destinatio...
- The marriage of two mindsA scientist specialising in geology who studies mountains among other structures constituting the Earth with the tools of physics, chemistr...
- RIL hits another gas reserve in KG basinReliance Industries (RIL) is learnt to have struck gas in the ‘L-1’ well in the Krishna Godavari basin.
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