The second 4.5 magnitude earthquake in two days rattled the Spanish island of La Palma on Friday, officials said, as scientists described a gushing river of molten rock from an erupting volcano as "a true lava tsunami."
Environment
Oct 15, 2021
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A 4.5-magnitude earthquake shook La Palma in Spain's Canary Islands in what was the strongest recorded temblor since volcanic eruptions began 26 days ago, authorities said Thursday.
Environment
Oct 14, 2021
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The largest and most destructive earthquakes on the planet happen in places where two tectonic plates collide. In our new research, published today in Nature Communications, we have produced new models of where and how rocks ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 26, 2021
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Wow. A low-flying space rock set a record last Friday (appropriately, the 13th), when 2020 VT4 passed just under 400 kilometers (250 miles) over the Southern Pacific.
Astronomy
Nov 18, 2020
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Breathing quickly in the thin mountain air, my colleagues and I set down our equipment. We're at the base of a jagged outcrop that protrudes upwards out of a steep gravel slope.
Earth Sciences
Nov 3, 2020
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Natural diamonds can form through low pressure and temperature geological processes on Earth, as stated in an article published in the journal Geochemical Perspectives Letters. The newfound mechanism, far from the classic ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 16, 2020
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A new IMAS study has identified potential benefits and risks for marine ecosystems from two of the key approaches for carbon removal proposed to cut atmospheric carbon levels and slow climate change.
Environment
Dec 10, 2019
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For most people, continents are Earth's seven main large landmasses.
Earth Sciences
Nov 25, 2019
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Continents 4.5 billion years old, entombed nearly 2,000 miles underground, predate the formation of the moon and could shed light on how everything we know today came to be, according to new research.
Earth Sciences
Sep 27, 2019
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There are 30 percent more sediments on the seabed than previously expected, reveal an update of the map GlobSed. This equates to up to two kilometers of extra land mass over today's land area.
Earth Sciences
Sep 18, 2019
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