June 2022

Study Explains How Some Minerals Can Change Color Repeatedly

Study Explains How Some Minerals Can Change Color Repeatedly. Tanzanite crystals Pleochroism. Photo: Spirifer_minerals While…

The Most Complete Baby Mammoth In North America Has Been FOUND

Whole baby mammoth, named Nun cho ga, is only the Second found in the world, 1st in North America The calf, named 'Nun c…

Utah Geologists Translate Vibrations of Rocky Landforms Into Audible Tones

Utah Geologists Translate Vibrations of Rocky Landforms Into Audible Tones. PHOTO CREDIT: Geohazards research group   These …

Tectonics of Convergent Plate Margins: New Insights Into Continental Geology

(a) Low-angle subduction, compressional regime prevails in the overlying plate. Because the plate interface is at low geothe…

Weird Water Dynamics Fuel Deep Earthquakes and Fist-Sized Diamonds

Photo Credit: Debswana Diamond Company   What causes the deep Earth's most mysterious earthquakes? The cause of Earth…

Grain Size of Rocks in Earth's Mantle Affects Tectonics

The simulation shows how the grain size of the mantle rocks develops when continents break apart along a so-called rift zone…

Yellowstone's History of Hydrothermal Explosions Over the Past 14,000 Years

Yellowstone's History of Hydrothermal Explosions Over the Past 14,000 Years Stock image showing a spring at Yellowstone …

New Map Shows Earth’s Tectonic Plates In Unprecedented Detail

New Map Shows Earth’s Tectonic Plates In Unprecedented Detail. Credit: Dr. Derrick Hasterok, University of Adelaide New mode…

Scientists Discover “Ghost” Fossils – “Completely Unexpected”

An international team of researchers has discovered a new type of fossilization. A previously unrecognized mode of fossiliza…

Giant Magnetic Waves Have Been Discovered Oscillating Around Earth's Core

This mysterious wave oscillates every seven years and propagates westward at up to 1500 kilometres a year. Earth's inter…