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Ethiopia is slowly tearing toward a new ocean, and geologists have uncovered how the rift is pulling the continent apart from belowNew research reveals a powerful geological process is actively tearing Africa apart from beneath. A rhythmic plume of molten rock beneath E...- Forget king cobras, this extinct Greek snake may have been far heavier than living vipersFossilized remains of Laophis crotaloides, an extinct snake species from Greece, suggest it was significantly larger than modern vipers, po...
- In 2013, scientists studying volcanic rocks near Mauritius uncovered ancient zircon clues that revealed a buried microcontinent beneath the Indian OceanScientists have found a piece of ancient Earth's crust hidden in the Indian Ocean. This submerged landmass, called Mauritia, is not a lost ...
- Scientists thought this ancient supercontinent broke apart slowly: new research suggests Earth tore itself open far faster than expectedRecent studies reveal that the breakup of the supercontinent Gondwana around 180 million years ago was more violent and rapid than previous...
- Geologists Find Strange Stone Tunnels That Could Point to a Never-Before-Seen Lifeform on EarthScientists found tiny, organized tunnels within desert rocks. These formations are unlike natural geological processes. Chemical traces sug...
- A Discovery Underground Is Raising New Questions About the Future of Clean EnergyA new energy source is emerging from deep within the Earth. Scientists have discovered natural hydrogen gas, a clean fuel, forming undergro...
- How old are Saturn's rings? Study suggests they could be 4.5 billion years old, just like the planetNew research suggests Saturn's rings may be as old as the planet itself, challenging previous estimates. Scientists found micrometeoroid im...
- Earth’s inner core may be spinning in ‘opposite direction’, says studyEarth’s inner core, which is roughly 5,000 kilometres (3,100 miles) below the surface, seems to have been spinning in the opposite directio...
- Doomsday Glacier on the verge of a complete meltdown? Read to knowThe Nature Geoscience journal published research that mentions the Doomsday Glacier could start melting uncontrollably and affect ecosystem...
- How carbon leak may have led to human civilisationNew York, July 31 (IANS) An increase in the activity of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the Southern Ocean could explain the mysterious growth of h...
- Global fossil fuel emissions underestimated: studyEthane and propane escape into the air from leaks during natural gas extraction and distribution, including from fracking - the process of ...
- Moon's interior may contain waterNew York, July 26 (IANS) There may be substantial amounts of trapped water in the interior of the moon, researchers have said.
- Climate change redirects Canadian river: StudyLast summer, for example, Kluane Lake, which was fed by the Slims River, dropped a full meter below its lowest recorded level for that time...
- Earth's internal heat driving Greenland's ice to meltGreenland's lithosphere has hot depths which originate in its distant geological past and cause the island's ice to rapidly flow and melt f...
- 'Melting of Antarctic ice shelves to double by 2050'The melting of Antarctic ice shelves will double by 2050 and by 2100, melting may surpass all predictions if greenhouse gas emissions conti...
- Origin of Saturn's F ring and satellites foundIn 1979, Pioneer 11 discovered the F ring located just outside the main ring system that extends tens of thousands of kilometres.
- Continents rose above oceans earlier than thoughtContinents may have first risen above the oceans about 3 billion years ago - a billion years earlier than thought, a new study has found.
- Earthquakes occur on moon, reveals analysisAn analysis of pictures taken by Chandrayaan-1 has found that tectonic plates are present inside moon's surface similar to earth and causes...
- Erosion may trigger earthquakes: StudySurface processes such as erosion and sedimentation may trigger shallow earthquakes and favour rupture of large deep quakes up to the surfa...
- Greenhouse gas emission by oceans rising due to global warmingRising temperatures can indirectly increase the amount of greenhouse gases emitted by the oceans, a study shows.
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