Earth's moon shrank more than 150 feet in circumference as its core gradually cooled over the last few hundred million years. In much the same way a grape wrinkles when it shrinks down to a raisin, the moon also develops ...
Planetary Sciences
Jan 25, 2024
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Kilauea volcano's latest eruption has decreased in activity and taken a breather from furiously spewing out lava for five days.
Earth Sciences
Mar 10, 2011
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Time is flying. Literally.
Earth Sciences
Aug 3, 2022
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About half an hour before the ground began shaking last week, Glenn Thackray had fired off an email to a colleague about launching more research on the Sawtooth Fault, a tectonic plate boundary in Central Idaho that Thackray ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 9, 2020
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Some 2,200 earthquakes have been recorded in the area around Iceland's capital Reykjavik the past 24 hours, signaling that a volcanic eruption could be imminent, the country's weather office said Wednesday.
Environment
Jul 5, 2023
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Geophysicists have disproved a long-held belief that changes in solar activity can be linked to increased earthquake activity.
Earth Sciences
Apr 11, 2013
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The Mount Etna volcano erupted on Monday, spewing ash as several minor earthquakes hit the region, and prompting a partial closure of the Sicilian airspace around the mountain.
Environment
Dec 24, 2018
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An alarming video of what appeared to be volcanic activity at Mount Rainier left people wondering if the volcano would erupt.
Earth Sciences
Sep 8, 2022
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A volcano that spewed glowing red lava near Iceland's capital Reykjavik after awakening for the first time in 900 years appeared to be subsiding on Saturday, posing no danger to people, experts said.
Environment
Mar 20, 2021
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A new submarine volcano was formed off the island of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean in 2018. This was shown by an oceanographic campaign in May 2019. Now, an international team led by the scientist Simone Cesca from the German ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 6, 2020
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