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Caps, trash, and other hydrothermal funky finds: 2026 edition
5+ hour, 4+ min ago (320+ words) Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles is a weekly column written by scientists and collaborators of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. This week's contribution is from Margery Price, Physical Science Technician with the Yellowstone National Park Geology Program. Hats: With more than 280 hats collected…...
States miss jobs, revenue from $700bn mineral wealth
10+ hour, 9+ min ago (1191+ words) Dele Alake, Minister for Solid Minerals Development Nigeria’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory are sitting on vast deposits of solid minerals estimated at more than $700bn, yet most states have done little to turn the resources within their territories into…...
Sand, Stone and the Sustainability Dilemma
11+ hour, 15+ min ago (1192+ words) Greater Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir is beginning to face a construction-material crisis at a time when demand for roads, bridges, housing, hospitals, schools, drainage systems and other infrastructure is rising. Restrictions on quarrying operations and curbs on the extraction, lifting…...
Mineral exploration gets artificial intelligence boost
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (407+ words) China unveiled geological mapping and mineral exploration systems powered by artificial intelligence technologies on Friday, marking a shift from decades of expert-driven fieldwork to more accurate, comprehensive and efficient data — and algorithm-based predictions. The two systems — AI-GeoMapping and AI-OreSeeking — were…...
UC scientists develop tool to predict future earthquake sites
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (361+ words) UC Riverside scientists can’t tell us when a major earthquake will hit. But they’ve developed a new technique to predict where. In a paper published this summer in Geophysical Research Letters, UCR geophysicists Gareth Funning and Axel Periollat described how…...
NASA's Curiosity discovers strange holes on Mount Sharp of Mars: a geological enigma with no clear explanation
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (350+ words) A recent discovery by the Curiosity rover from NASA has captured the attention of scientists worldwide. While exploring the Valley Grande on Mount Sharp on Mars, the vehicle found a series of geological enigmas: holes and cavities that challenge conventional…...
Earthquake Archive: Past Quakes worldwide on Saturday, September 12th, 2026
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (62+ words) Volcano Discovery Look up quakes in: Past earthquakes worldwide: Sep 12, 2026 - list, stats and map - 848 quakes below magnitude 2 that people normally don't feel. Earthquake Catalog - Look up past earthquakes Number of earthquakes over time Magnitude and seismic energy over time Magnitude…...
Cave fossils in China reveal lives of mysterious human relatives
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (912+ words) Estimated read time: 7-8 minutes Archaeologists excavating a cave in southwestern China have unearthed fossilized remains that belonged to an enigmatic population of extinct hominins, revealing new details about their long-lost way of life. The new haul — which includes four teeth,…...
Bizarre squid relative found in Wyoming is unlike anything seen before
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (840+ words) A bizarre belemnite fossil from Wyoming has been identified as a new species, revealing the thickest known member of this ancient squid relative group. There’s a fossil in a Wyoming museum drawer that spent two decades being, essentially, a mystery…...
America Can???t Import Its Way out of the Critical Minerals Crisis
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (163+ words) By Tracy KingYoni Tobin The U.S. defense industrial base today faces a critical minerals challenge—one with serious national security implications. Relying on partners’ reserves to meet U.S. demand, however, is problematic. For reasons of geography alone, even the most…...