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Scientists Record the Birth of New Oceanic Crust for the First Time
5+ hour, 3+ min ago (277+ words) inkorr.com Scientists Record the Birth of New Oceanic Crust for the First Time New Oceanic Crust Formation Observed In April 2024, researchers documented the creation of fresh oceanic crust near the Southeast Indian Ridge. Over a 16-day period, the ridge…...
Alna Residents Discuss Pinkham Pond Development at Public Hearing
3+ hour, 43+ min ago (130+ words) The Lincoln County News Alna Residents Discuss Pinkham Pond Development at Public Hearing The Alna Planning Board hosted a public hearing about the Pinkham Pond subdivision application on Tuesday, July 7 in the Alna town office. Henry Bangert, the property owner,…...
UPDATE: Eruptive episode 51 at Kīlauea has begun
2+ hour, 31+ min ago (282+ words) Episode 51 of lava fountaining in Halemaʻumaʻu at the summit of Kīlauea began at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday. Lava fountains are currently erupting from the north vent and reaching heights of about 160 feet above ground level, according to the Hawaiian Volcano…...
Episode 51 of Halemaʻumaʻu eruption at Kīlauea sends lava 950 feet high, ash plume 18,000 feet into sky
47+ min ago (384+ words) Update: 10:58 a.m., July 15, 2026 Episode 51 of lava fountaining in Halemaʻumaʻu began at the summit of Kīlauea began at 8:30 a.m. HST on July 15 and continues as of this notice. Fountain heights are at 950 feet and effusion rates have reached a peak of…...
Crustal Deformation and Gravitational Effects From Dynamic Ocean Mass Redistribution Impact Projected Sea-Level Change - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
5+ hour, 45+ min ago (98+ words) Crustal Deformation and Gravitational Effects From Dynamic Ocean Mass Redistribution Impact Projected Sea-Level Change Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Ertel, G., Coulson, S., Piecuch, C G., & Hoffman, M Crustal Deformation and Gravitational Effects From Dynamic Ocean Mass Redistribution Impact Projected Sea-Level Change Geophysical Research…...
Modularity: Insufficient for and Unexplained by Evolution
49+ min ago (288+ words) At his blog, Construction Physics, Brain Potter, drawing on work by economist Brian Arthur, draws a connection between modularity in technology and evolution, concluding: Potter is drawing an analogy between modularity in technology and the genetic recombination in sexual reproduction....
Serrano history of water conservation will be topic of program at Redlands church
57+ min ago (358+ words) Ernest Siva (Cahuilla/Serrano), a tribal historian for the Morongo Band of Mission Indians, will speak about the people who made a home in the Santa Ana watershed for 6,000 years, and their history of water conservation, in a program at…...
Update: July 15 - 2.0 magnitude earthquake detected near Ridgecrest, CA
3+ hour, 35+ min ago (102+ words) INYO COUNTY, CA - A preliminary 2.0 magnitude quake occurred near Ridgecrest on Wednesday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The tremor struck at 10:28 a.m., with its epicenter roughly 14 miles north of Ridgecrest and a depth of 5 miles. If you felt the earthquake,…...
The California Rocks That Move on Their Own
1+ hour, 11+ min ago (335+ words) Scaling Innovations to Serve Many Uncover the mystery of Racetrack Playa in Death Valley, where rocks move and leave tracks on the playa floor. If you’re looking for a location that’s supposed to look like a giant puzzle, you’ll want…...
Curiosity Finds Evidence Of Ancient Sandstorm
1+ hour, 47+ min ago (206+ words) Mirage News Curiosity Finds Evidence of an Ancient Sandstorm Billions of years ago, an hours-long Martian sandstorm blew so intensely that sand ripples began to climb upon one another as they moved across the surface. These layers of sediment eventually…...