A volcano that grows taller in the rain? Mount Fuji has been hiding a geological secretScientists discovered Mount Fuji's ground uplift during storms was caused by rain, not magma. Years of GPS data revealed a direct correlati...
What caused Morocco's earthquake? A geologist studying the Atlas mountains explainsThe recent earthquake, which was caused by a geological phenomenon known as a "reverse fault," suggests that stress from the plates pushing...
Making the stars and stripes bigger, bolder: Discarding an outdated measurement unit will swell Uncle Sam up a size or twoTraditionally, land surveyors in the US have used the survey foot, even though the federal government in 1969 mandated that everyone switch...