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3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (286+ words) Gondwana is an ancient continent which scientists have now confirmed was a supercontinent that spread over 80 per cent of the landmass on Earth. They found 25,000 ancient rocks, and AI helped them determine that they belonged to Gondwana 500 million years ago....

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (261+ words) RESTON, Va. — The U.S. Geological Survey plans low-level flights by airplane and helicopter over southern and central New Mexico to image geology using airborne geophysical technology. The survey began in March and will continue through mid-October, weather and wildfire restrictions…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (301+ words) NASA releases stunning Landsat 9 multispectral imagery of California’s Vasquez Rocks, revealing deep geological and ecological data. NASA’s Earth Observatory has published high-resolution Landsat 9 imagery detailing the stark, otherworldly geology of California’s Vasquez Rocks, a dramatically tilted sedimentary formation internationally recognized…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (186+ words) RESTON, Va. — The U.S. Geological Survey and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln have released the first statewide map depicting the geology at Nebraska's land surface, closing a long-standing gap in the nation's geologic map coverage. Until now, Nebraska had no modern…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (258+ words) As environmental conditions change, it is increasingly important to understand the structure and properties of the Earth’s critical zone, the layer where rock, soil, water, air, and living organisms meet and interact. While several geophysical methods provide images of the…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (473+ words) Accurate, comprehensive, and spatially continuous monitoring of mining-induced surface subsidence is essential for geohazard prevention, ecological restoration, and safe mining. Conventional approaches, however, are limited by the sparse spatial distribution of GNSS observations, the difficulty of InSAR in resolving large…...