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Video: Icelandic Ash Plume Blasts Through the Cloud Layer, as Seen from Space
Engineered Earthquakes
Scientists are solving the mystery of Earth’s thermostat
Why Can’t Planes Fly Through Volcanic Ash? NASA Found Out the Hard Way
Simulated Gophers Explain Mysterious Mima Mounds
Dinosaur Digs, Particle Accelerators and Crash Tests: Eight Epic Summer Vacations
Why Strange Lights Sometimes Precede Earthquakes
Scientists Say They Can Measure Rate of Oil Leak if BP Releases Clear Seafloor Video
The moon might be hiding more water than we thought
Scientists Listen In To The Seismic Soundscapes Of Human Activity
U.S. Geologists Uncover Staggering $1 Trillion Cache of Unmined Mineral Resources in Afghanistan (Updated)
Scientists may have actually found a lost continent
Evidence Shows the Moon May Hold 100 Times More Water Than Previously Thought
Earth’s Magnetic Field Could Flip Faster Than We Thought
Ancient jars hold clues about the intensity of Earth’s magnetic field
El Niño swept away huge chunks of the west coast last winter
Big Pic: The Solar System’s Largest Moon, Mapped
We might have an eighth continent. Here’s why that matters.
By Shining a Laser From the Ground, Researchers Could Easily Measure Earth’s Magnetic Field
Over The Past 60 Years, A Reef Island Has Grown Out Of The Sea
Earth’s first continent? Probably a giant continental crust
Is the Anthropocene really a thing? Minerals we’ve helped create rekindle the debate.
Flour Experiment Helps Explain Strange Lights Preceding Earthquakes
Lost: Huge Chunk Of Europa’s Icy Crust
Mars was probably habitable for longer than we thought
Climate change will mean more rain for some—and none for others
The early Earth wasn’t green, but it did recycle itself
Recent flows of insanely hot lava show us just how dynamic Earth really is
What Created This Smooth, 200-Mile-Long Trench On Mars?
Here’s what it’s like to get thrown into a volcano
A river in Canada just turned to piracy because of global warming
Will There Be An Earthquake Near You? New Map Shows Risk
Big Pic: A Planet-Wide Map Of Martian Geology
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Extreme Science: Meteor Crater
Colorado Mud Slide’s Next Moves Are A Mystery, Say Geologists
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