Scientists used Mars’ ambient noise to map the planet’s subsurface layers
NASA's Mars InSight lander provided researchers with the data needed to give us our first detailed look at the red...
Geology
Gold Rush: Mineral Exploration with Machine Learning
A random forest model was initially selected. While this is rarely the highest performing model, it is a good place...
New Mineral Found inside Deep-Mantle Diamond: Davemaoite
Calcium silicate perovskite (CaSiO3) is arguably the most geochemically important phase in the Earth’s lower mantle, because it concentrates elements...
New Mineral Discovered in Deep-Earth Diamond
A diamond that formed deep in the earth’s mantle contains a mineral never seen before in nature. The discovery is...
Massive Comet Exploded over Atacama Desert 12,000 Years Ago, Study Suggests
According to a study published in the journal Geology, samples of glassy slabs found in the Atacama Desert, northern Chile,...
Red-Hot ‘Lava Bomb’ Careening Down Volcanic Slope Looks Like It Came Straight From Hell
On October 27, as Geiger stood approximately 0.6 miles (1 kilometer) from the volcanic vent, he captured extraordinary video of...
Mantle beneath Earth’s Continents Experienced Large-Scale Heating Two Billion Years Ago
New research from the University of Adelaide sheds light on why cold eclogites — high-pressure, metamorphic rocks that consist primarily...
The shape of the continents is not a coincidence
Life has had an important role in shaping the Earth’s surface, but recent studies have suggested that biological activity may...
Unraveling the Mysteries Hidden in Vast Glacier Caves
I was dangling from a thin nylon rope, some 250 feet from the bottom of an icy shaft. Looking up,...
Spectacular Ice Age Landscapes Beneath the North Sea Revealed by 3D Seismic “MRI” Scans
Close up image of an esker (a sedimentary cast of a meltwater channel formed beneath an ice sheet), discovered within...
The True Haiti Earthquake Death Toll Is Much Worse than Early Official Counts
Haiti is still rebuilding from the massive earthquake that struck 11 years ago, as well as dealing with the fallout...
Lava Lamp Tectonics: Giant Blobs of Subducted Sediment Float Up Through Deep Earth
UW Assistant Professor Jay Chapman teaches a winter-term field course in southern Arizona, during which students were able to investigate...
Geologists Discover That NASA Rover Has Been Exploring Surface Sediments, Not Ancient Lake Deposits
An image taken by the Curiosity Rover MastCam instrument shows layered sedimentary rocks composing Mount Sharp. The rover has been...