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Four earthquakes rattled parts of India, Myanmar, and Tajikistan on Sunday morning within the span of an hour, triggering ...
The United States Geological Survey has reported three earthquakes in the past 24 hours in Georgia. According to the USGS, all three happened near Augusta. The first occurred at 8:01 p.m. Monday 14 ...
Chengdu University of Technology-led research has established a high-resolution astrochronological framework spanning ...
Were dinosaurs thriving when an asteroid hit Earth one fateful spring day 66 million years ago, or were they already on their ...
This useful study presents computational analyses of over 5,000 predicted extant and ancestral nitrogenase structures. While the data and some analyses are solid, the study remains incomplete in ...
Vancouver firm CO280 has struck what it claims is a “historic” 12-year deal with Microsoft to remove carbon dioxide (CO2) ...
What happens if we take carbon dioxide from the air and store it underground? A new study shows: CO2 can indeed be stored in groundwater permanently, without ever harming the climate again.
While Taupō is better known for its volcanic activity, it is also exceptionally seismically active compared to many other ...
For the first time, researchers are digging into the seismic history surrounding the Taupō Fault Belt to unlock insights into how the “twin threats” of earthquakes and volcanoes could collide and ...
Carbon-rich water sinks deep underground, locking away CO2 where it can’t harm the climate anymore, even during earthquakes.
Geodynamic models say deep mantle flow from the long-subducted Farallon slab is likely behind the massive underground “drips” ...
Advances in drilling technologies are opening up new opportunities for geothermal energy. Andrew Wade reports.