All Geology
Camping stove plume
qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 13 Feb 2017
An image of heat rising from a camping stove.
Volcanic activity better understood after Bolivian expedition
qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 23 Nov 2016
A magmatic lake 15km below a dormant volcano in Bolivia may explain how and why volcanoes erupt. !-…
King's Gully
qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 2 Nov 2016
A rift canyon forming part of the King's Gully in Ireland.
Molten silicon energy storage system created
qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 12 Oct 2016
A team of Spanish researchers are developing a system which allows energy to be stored in molten si…
Helium gas field found in Africa
qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 7 Jul 2016
Scientists have located a large helium gas field and hope that this find can replenish quickly-decr…
Ice melt to cause higher sea levels
qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 17 Feb 2016
If Antarctica ice melts due to warming oceans, global sea levels could rise three metres, according…
Nature not solely to blame for severe droughts
qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 15 Feb 2016
Drought researchers and managers must include human activity when looking at severe droughts, accor…
Volcanic event responsible for Jurassic Period ice age
qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 8 Jan 2016
Scientists have uncovered the reason behind an ice age that took place around 170 million years ago…
Martian valleys carved by less ancient water
qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 9 Dec 2015
Martian valleys could have been carved by much less water in a much shorter time span than previous…
Life hits 4.1 billion years
qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 3 Dec 2015
New evidence suggests that life on Earth began 300 million years earlier than previously thought.
Subduction zone formation finally explained
qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 7 Oct 2015
Geologists have explained how subduction zones – zones where one tectonic plate moves under another…
Green slime opens the door to the past
qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 28 Sep 2015
Green slime at the bottom of an Antarctic lake replicates conditions that occurred on Earth 2.8-2.4…
First digital geological map of the world’s ocean floor
qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 7 Sep 2015
Geologists have used geological data sets from ships to produce the world’s first digital map of th…
Martian glass may reveal ancient life
qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 24 Jun 2015
By using data from Mars, geologists have discovered evidence for the presence of glass which may be…
Calbuco volcano in Chile
qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 5 Jun 2015
The volcano Calbuco – one of the most active volcanoes in Chile – erupted twice in a few hours on 2…
Double dome points to largest asteroid impact
qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 16 Apr 2015
The world’s largest asteroid impact zone – invisible at the earth’s surface – has been found in cen…
A fault with the origin of life
qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 10 Dec 2014
New research has shown that deep-reaching interconnected fault systems provide the right conditions…
Safer fracking thanks to new early warning system
qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 6 Nov 2014
New technology developed at the University of Nottingham could be used as an early warning system t…
Rock breaking research offers insight into fracking
qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 2 Sep 2014
In a ground breaking discovery, geologists have discovered what else escapes from fractured shale o…
Ice core clue to Earth’s evolution
qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 13 May 2014
In an attempt to reveal how the planet has evolved, polar scientists have successfully drilled a 2,…
