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Mineral exploration gets artificial intelligence boost
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (407+ words) China unveiled geological mapping and mineral exploration systems powered by artificial intelligence technologies on Friday, marking a shift from decades of expert-driven fieldwork to more accurate, comprehensive and efficient data — and algorithm-based predictions. The two systems — AI-GeoMapping and AI-OreSeeking — were…...
Why is this 560-million-year-old fossil so rare?
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (635+ words) One of the oldest known 3D animal fossils dating back 560 million years has been found in a sheep field. The astonishing discovery of the creature that looked like a "goo-filled bag" when it was alive was made in northern Norway. Scientists…...
In New Research, Alpine Geologist Traces the Forces Behind the Big Bend’s Dramatic Landscapes
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (521+ words) It’s a hallmark of any westering journey beyond the Pecos in Texas. As woodlands give way to plains and desert, the land itself seems to stretch, the horizons to widen. It reflects a geological reality. The American West is slowly…...
Every year Australia slides seven centimeters toward the north-northeast, almost twice the pace of a growing fingernail and quicker than any other continent. Southeast Asia is already in the way, and some models fold the plate into a new supercontinent inside 300 million years.
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (514+ words) A continent racing across the planet at twice the speed of growing fingernails is remaking the map—and threatening the region directly in its path. By Terra Daily Editorial Team · Editorial process Published September 10, 2026 Here is a number that does…...
Maximum earthquake magnitude unlikely to be controlled by subduction interface roughness | Nature Geoscience
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (1641+ words) Nature Geoscience (2026) Cite this article a, The maximum observed magnitudes from smallest to largest and their corresponding maximum interface coupling. b, Cross-plots of the two observables. The high correlation factor R2 = 0.65 for the least-squares fit demonstrates a strong, positive, linear relationship…...
Reducing earthquakes caused by fracking – Sciworthy
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (172+ words) The team used the model to compare how a site like this would respond to the instant shut-in method versus the other shut-in methods. They found that the tapered shut-in method increased pressure and stress in the rock, while the…...
3D seismic study in Amapá begins after Morpho discovery
3+ day, 10+ hour ago (510+ words) Shearwater Geoservices y SLB they started a multi-client 3D seismic study off the coast of Amapá, Brazil, in an area that has sparked greater exploratory interest following the discovery of Morpho hydrocarbons, carried out by Petrobras. The campaign takes place at…...
UC BERKELEY: New digital tool shows where exactly California’s water goes — and how climate change might disrupt it ~ MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK | California Water News Central
1+ week, 11+ hour ago (266+ words) By Kara Manke, UC Berkeley To top it off, climate change is intensifying California’s already dramatic dry and wet cycles. After surviving more than a decade of severe drought, the state is now bracing for the impact of this year’s…...
Alaska Earthquake Strikes as Recent Tremors Raise Questions About Global Seismic Activity
1+ week, 15+ hour ago (620+ words) A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck southern Alaska on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026, adding to a series of significant earthquakes that have captured attention around the world in recent months, including powerful events in Venezuela and Colombia. According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the…...
U of A leads NASA mission studying distant planet atmospheres
1+ week, 1+ day ago (28+ words) kvoa.com NASA's Pandora mission has started operations to study planets outside our solar system. Watch News 4 Tucson...