January 2016

Flat Wrong: the Misunderstood History of Flat Earth Theories

Flat Wrong: the Misunderstood History of Flat Earth Theories. A ‘flat-Earth’ map drawn by Orlando Ferguson in 1893. This…

Ancient Rocks of Tetons Formed by Continental Collisions

Rolling Thunder Mountain near Talus Lake is part of the Teton Range. The orange rock in the foreground is Webb Canyon gne…

Syracuse geophysicist questions stability of Antarctic ice sheet

This map shows elevation change rates for major and minor glacier basin or islands for the northern Antarctic Peninsul…

Activity on seafloor linked to icy ebb and flow on surface

A UConn marine scientist has found that hydrothermal activity occurring along mid-ocean ridges like the one in this grap…

Ice-Age Mammoth Bones Found Under Oregon Football Stadium

The femur of a mammoth found at an OSU construction site.  (photo: Theresa Hogue) On Saturdays in the fall, cleats pou…

Seismic data suggests slow slip events may presage larger earthquakes

Seismic data A team of researchers, two from Tohoku University in Japan and two from the University of California in th…

What do lentils have to do with geology?

When clayey materials are compressed and sheared, they commonly develop a "scaly fabric" wherein the clay is …

Where is the oil in the Gulf? Researcher takes a look

This illustration shows the route traveled by oil leaving the subseafloor reservoir as it travels through the water colum…

Shallow earthquakes, deeper tremors along southern San Andreas fault compared by researchers

Crustal structure and tectonics from the Los Angeles basin to the Mojave Desert, southern California Seismologists…

Subducting seamounts blocked a big quake in Chile

Map of Chile’s coastline showing the locations of the April 2014 earthquake and the seamounts that may have prevented t…

Magnitude-7.1 earthquake strikes Alaska

A magnitude-7.1 earthquake knocked items off shelves and walls in Alaska early Sunday morning, jolting the nerves of…

Geologist Says Dinosaur Fossils Found in Western India

Gujarat, sometimes dubbed India's Jurassic Park, is home to one of the world's largest collections of dinosaur r…

Living fossils and rare corals revealed

An investigation of previously unexplored depths of Australia's Coral Sea has revealed living fossils, rare corals and…