February 2022

Geologists ‘Closely Monitoring’ Rising Magma Under Oregon Volcanic Region

Interferogram image made from InSAR monitoring, showing 1995-2001 ground uplift in the Three Sisters. Courtesy USGS Magma be…

Predatory Cockroach From Dinosaur Era Found Trapped in Amber

Photo of the entire amber-encased fossil specimen of Huablattula hui, a cretaceous cockroach (Image credit: Ryo Taniguchi, e…

Earth’s Water Came from Enstatite Chondrite-Like Asteroids

Earth’s Water Came from Enstatite Chondrite-Like Asteroids. A piece of the enstatite chondrite meteorite Sahara 97096. Image…

A Forgotten Continent From 40 Million Years Ago May Have Just Been Rediscovered

A lost continent that was wedged between Europe, Africa and Asia has been rediscovered. It covers the present-day Balkans an…

Mystery Tsunami That Spread Around The World in 2021 Can Finally Be Explained

The mystery tsunami traveled 6,000 miles through three oceans. Image: NOAA Center for Tsunami Research Last year in August, …

How Does a Major Subduction Zone Get Started? It May Begin Small

Subduction of the Juan de Fuca Plate results in the formation of the Coastal Ranges and Cascade Volcanoes, as well as a vari…

Earth’s Inner Core Could Exist As Exotic Matter Between Liquid And Solid

The Earth is layered like a giant onion, and finding out what goes on below our feet requires some nifty physics.(Supplied: …

Scientists Discover 100-Million-Year-Old Fossil Flowers Preserved in Amber

Scientists Discover 100-Million-Year-Old Fossil Flowers Preserved in Amber. Holotype of Eophylica priscastellata. Image cred…

Dinosaur Hunters Find 180-Million-Year-Old 'Sea Dragon' Skeleton With One-Tonne Skull

The remains of a monstrous, 33-foot-long (10 meters) "sea dragon" that swam in the seas when dinosaurs were aliv…