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Meteor Crater Impact May Have Triggered Ancient Floods in the Grand Canyon
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (419+ words) A new study suggests that two of Arizona’s most famous landmarks may be linked. When it comes to famous holes in the ground, northern Arizona has two: Grand Canyon and Barringer Meteorite Crater. “These are two iconic features of Arizona....
Warming Climate Could Expose Antarctica's Hidden Trove Of Precious Metals
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (341+ words) Melting ice, rebounding land, and rising seas will change what resources are available in Antarctica, a new analysis finds. A warming climate could expose a Pennsylvania-sized chunk of ice-free land in Antarctica by 2300, which could drastically reshape Antarctic geopolitics as…...
Satellite data shows New York City is still sinking -- and so are many big US cities
11+ mon, 4+ week ago (822+ words) No, it’s not because of the recent flooding. Big parts of New York City are sinking at different rates. This was first reported in 2023, when researchers theorized that the weight of skyscrapers may have a role to play. Now, a…...
Scientists Just Produced the Best Map of Antarctica's Sub-glacial Landscape, and It's Good News for Climate Change
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (661+ words) There's a rugged world beneath the ice. For decades, scientists have repeated some variations of a striking statistic: we know more about the topography of Mars and Mercury than we do about the ground beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet. It’s…...
Proposed New Mission to Create Artificial Eclipses in Space to Stop The Sun From Destroying Our Tech
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (981+ words) There’s a pressing need to understand and respond to what’s known as “space weather”. When a solar storm strikes Earth, it can disrupt technology that’s vital for our daily lives. Solar storms occur when magnetic fields and electrically charged particles…...
Benbulbin: The Geology Behind Ireland’s Legendary Mountain
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (240+ words) Ireland’s iconic table mountain has a fascinating geological history....
A Weak Spot In Earth’s Magnetic Field Is Growing Larger, ESA Satellites Reveal
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (650+ words) Home → Space → Remote sensing Earth’s magnetic field is shifting in strange ways. A notorious weak spot in Earth’s magnetic shield is growing larger and weaker. This is the conclusion of a new analysis of eleven years of high-precision satellite data....
Geologists Have Some Good News and Bad News About the Terrifying Fault Zone Sitting Right Underneath Seattle
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (790+ words) Smaller quakes from secondary faults—which are not included in national seismic hazard modeling—occur more frequently than previously thought. In the winter of 923, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck the heart of Puget Sound. Shorelines slid into the water, the seafloor…...
New 3D Algorithm Reveals That Massive Snowfall in Antarctica Is Driven by Invisible Atmospheric Rivers
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (19+ words) A new study shows that atmospheric rivers may be responsible for up to 90% of Antarctica’s annual precipitation....
What's the Oldest River In the World? It's So Old It Passed Through Pangea
4+ mon, 4+ day ago (973+ words) It's not easy figuring out the age of a river....