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San Andreas Fault: Why Scientists Are Concerned About the Next Big Earthquake
3+ hour, 49+ min ago (361+ words) According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the San Andreas Fault is not a lone operator—it’s part of a much broader and more complex system of interconnected faults running up and down America’s Pacific coast. The stages of an earthquake…...
Can science prove the Earth is round? Every major test points to the same conclusion
7+ hour, 17+ min ago (1616+ words) Earth is not a perfect sphere. Scientists describe its overall shape more closely as an oblate spheroid, meaning it is slightly wider around the equator and slightly flattened near the poles. The important point is that this conclusion does not…...
Earth may just have gone down from 7 continents to 6
13+ hour, 35+ min ago (602+ words) Forget what you learnt in elementary school geography, Earth apparently doesn’t have seven continents after all. From a young age, we’re taught that the world is made up of Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Oceania, Europe, North America, and South America, and…...
The earthquake previously reported by the USGS has been deleted after review
1+ day, 31+ min ago (66+ words) Sacramento Bee The U.S. Geological Survey reported a quake near Coso Junction, CA, Sunday midday. At 1:34 p.m. they issued an update saying the event had been deleted after review by seismologists. This story was originally published October 11, 2026 at 12:35 PM. Get one year…...
Geological Eras In World History
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (741+ words) Catastrophically devastating events set the boundaries between many of these Eras. Paleontologists, archaeologists, geologists, and earth scientists work to determine the different geological eras of the earth's past by studying the accumulation of the earth's strata. The Grand Canyon is…...
“I felt like I found the Holy Grail”: this desert rock could rewrite space history
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (441+ words) Studying this rock reveals how destructive impacts helped assemble our planet over time. Understanding how planet-sized bodies built themselves remains one of the central challenges in astronomy today. Most material from that early era was destroyed or melted down billions…...
Deep-sea sulfide minerals can spontaneously heat and combust when exposed to air
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (530+ words) Findings from Escanaba Trough, a seafloor spreading center offshore of the Oregon/California border, highlight a potential hazard that could merit special consideration if deep-sea mining of seafloor massive sulfide deposits moves forward. A new USGS-led study found that some…...
Scientists Collected Deep-Sea Rocks. They Spontaneously Caught Fire in The Lab.
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (645+ words) Scientists investigating the possibility of a 'gold rush' on the bottom of the ocean have hit upon an unforeseen 'landmine'. Researchers at the United States Geological Survey (USGS) are now warning that some deep-sea minerals may spontaneously combust when they…...
Earth’s magnetic field took 70,000 years to complete an ancient reversal
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (1174+ words) Atlantic sediments reveal a magnetic reversal lasting 70,000 years, challenging assumptions about Earth’s changing field. (CREDIT: The Brighter Side of News) A stretch of sediment beneath the North Atlantic preserves a magnetic reversal that took about 70,000 years to finish. Rather than…...
Vredefort Dome is the world’s largest and second oldest verified meteorite impact site
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (353+ words) 9 October 2026 – The Vredefort Dome is the world’s largest and second oldest verified meteorite impact site, located in Potchefstroom, North West, Parys in Free State and Gauteng Province. According to information, the Vredefort Dome was formed approximately 2 billion years ago when…...