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Volcanic super-eruptions may have surprisingly short fuses

Enormous volcanic eruptions with potential to end civilizations may have surprisingly short fuses, researchers have discovered.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 30, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

San Andreas Fault in Santa Cruz Mountains -- large quakes more frequent than previously thought

Recent paleoseismic work has documented four surface-rupturing earthquakes that occurred across the Santa Cruz Mountains section of the San Andreas Fault (SAF) in the past 500 years. The research, conducted by the U.S. Geological ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Meteorite hunt goes on, needs public's help

(Phys.org) -- A University of California, Davis, geologist is appealing for public help in tracking down pieces of the meteorite that blew up over El Dorado County on April 22.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Venus Express unearths new clues to the planet's geological history

(Phys.org) -- ESA's Venus Express has been used to study the geology in a region near Venus' equator. Using near-infrared observations collected by the Venus Monitoring Camera (VMC), scientists have found ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Preparing for a Martian climbing trip

In August, NASA's Mars Science Laboratory will reach the Red Planet and begin its search for habitats that could have supported life.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Old maps and dead clams help solve coastal boulder mystery

Perched atop the sheer coastal cliffs of Ireland's Aran Islands, ridges of giant boulders have puzzled geologists for years. What forces could have torn these rocks from the cliff edges high above sea level ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Solution to ancient rock puzzle posited

A superplume, or massive episode of volcanic eruptions that related to extensive melting of the Earth's mantle, could explain the puzzling reappearance of major iron formations long after the rise in atmospheric ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Bacteria 'munching' on Titanic: scientists

In less than 30 years, there may be nothing left of the Titanic but a heap of "rusticles," warns researcher Henrietta Mann, who has spent four years researching bacteria gnawing on its sunken hull.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 10, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

History of abandoned urban sites found stored in soil

Old houses and vacant lots may not look like much to the naked eye, but to some, the site is better than gold. Excavations over the years can create a challenge to study what's left behind and often appears as if dirt and ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 05, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Research brings new understanding to past global warming events

A series of global warming events called hyperthermals that occurred more than 50 million years ago had a similar origin to a much larger hyperthermal of the period, the Pelaeocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 02, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (9) | comments 37 | with audio podcast

Bringing dinosaur tracks back to light

The 600 footprints from the Jurassic period displayed beneath a domed exhibit center at Dinosaur State Park tell only part of their story.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Mar 22, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Geologists discover new class of landform -- on Mars

(PhysOrg.com) -- An odd, previously unseen landform could provide a window into the geological history of Mars, according to new research by University of Washington geologists.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 22, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (12) | comments 47 | with audio podcast

A new theory on the formation of the oldest continents

German geologists from the Universities of Bonn and Cologne have demonstrated new scientific results in the April issue of the scholarly journal Geology, which provide a new theory on the earliest phase of continental format ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Antarctic salty soil sucks water out of atmosphere: Could it happen on Mars?

(PhysOrg.com) -- The frigid McMurdo Dry Valleys in Antarctica are a cold, polar desert, yet the sandy soils there are frequently dotted with moist patches in the spring despite a lack of snowmelt and no possibility ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Feb 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Carbon storage project combines innovation and outreach

Geologists are hoping to learn a great deal about geologic carbon sequestration from injecting 1 million metric tons of carbon dioxide into sandstone 7,000 feet beneath Decatur, Ill. And they're hoping the public learns a ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Geologist

For other uses, see Geologist (disambiguation).

A geologist is a scientist who studies the solid and liquid matter that constitutes the Earth and terrestrial planets. Geologists usually engage studying geology, and approach this using physics, chemistry and biology as well as other sciences.

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