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Signs of Mysterious Structures Near The Core Detected in Earth's Magnetic Field
5+ hour, 8+ min ago (948+ words) While we have sent probes billions of kilometers into interstellar space, humans have barely scratched the surface of our own planet, not even making it through the thin crust. Information about Earth's deep interior comes mainly from geophysics and is…...
How Did This River 'Flow Uphill'? Geologists May Finally Have an Answer
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (435+ words) For more than a century, the Green River's course through the Uinta Mountains in Utah's northeast has been a geological mystery, seemingly defying physics. Rivers carve their paths by flowing downhill across many years, which means they usually follow the…...
Hidden Faults Discovered at a Major US Earthquake Hotspot
1+ week, 2+ day ago (548+ words) Three huge tectonic plates meet at the Mendocino triple junction off the coast of northern California, and a new study reveals that the underlying geology is significantly more complex than current models show. US researchers have run a new analysis…...
A Cycle Deep Within Earth's Crust May Affect Climate More Than We Thought
2+ week, 1+ day ago (805+ words) Our planet has experienced dramatic climate shifts throughout its history, oscillating between freezing "icehouse" periods and warm "greenhouse" states. Scientists have long linked these climate changes to fluctuations in atmospheric carbon dioxide. However, new research reveals the source of this…...
Intense 'Darkwaves' Can Cast Ocean in Shadow For Months, Scientists Discover
2+ week, 3+ day ago (601+ words) Just as Earth's skies can be darkened by cloud and smog, the oceans too can be shrouded in darkness. These prolonged periods of darkness aren't just passing shadows; they can take over parts of the ocean for months, with devastating…...
Earth's Flipping Magnetic Field Heard as a Sound Is an Unnerving Horror
2+ week, 6+ day ago (573+ words) Earth's magnetic field dramatically flipped roughly 41,000 years ago. Now you can actually 'hear' this epic upheaval, thanks to a clever interpretation of information collected by the European Space Agency's Swarm satellite mission. Combining the satellite data with evidence of magnetic…...
World-First Ice Vault Is Preserving Earth's Climate History
2+ week, 6+ day ago (663+ words) Scientists on Wednesday sealed ancient chunks of glacial ice in a first-of-its-kind sanctuary in Antarctica in the hope of preserving these fast-disappearing records of Earth's past climate for centuries to come. The two ice cores taken from Europe's Alps are…...
Scientists Found a 'Yellow Brick Road' at The Bottom of The Ocean
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (605+ words) An expedition to a deep-sea ridge, just north of the Hawaiian Islands, revealed a surprise back in 2022: an ancient dried-up lakebed paved with what appears to be a yellow brick road. The exploration vessel Nautilus discovered the eerie scene while…...
Earth's Core Seems to Be Wrapped in Layers Like an Onion, Study Finds
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (518+ words) Seismic waves passing through Earth's inner core have revealed much about our planet's iron center: how it's changing shape, reversing its spin, is weirdly textured, and contains an unusual state of matter. Now, a new study seeking to explain anomalous…...
World's Deepest Gas Hydrate Discovered Teeming With Life Off Greenland
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (679+ words) A reserve of natural gas bubbling from a cage of ice discovered on the ocean floor to the west of Greenland may be the deepest gas hydrate cold seep on record, and it happens to be teeming with animal life....