There’s no geological artist quite like Earth’s plate tectonics. Thanks to this ongoing operation, we have mountains and oceans, terrifying earthquakes, incandescent volcanic eruptions, and ...

The ground continued to roil with 27 aftershocks that eventually gave way to the intense, shallow 7.5-magnitude temblor centered about 6 miles deep, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Subduction zones, where one tectonic plate dives underneath another, drive the world’s most devastating earthquakes and tsunamis. How do these danger zones come to be? A study in Geology ...

Tectonics and Structural Geology. Studying the tectonic forces within the Earth give rise to continents, ocean basins, mountain ranges, earthquake belts, and most volcanoes, along with the resulting ...

1.0 Introduction. Direct air carbon dioxide (CO 2) capture is a technology that captures CO 2 directly from the atmosphere using chemical, mechanical and/or electrochemical processes. The captured CO ...

The 1980 eruption of Mt. St. Helens — which began with a series of small earthquakes in mid-March and peaked with a cataclysmic flank collapse, avalanche, and explosion on May 18 — was not the largest ...

AWESOME WORK OF NATURE The stunning rock formations in Biri town, Northern Samar, shown here in July 2024, is officially recognized as a national geological monument by the National Committee on ...

Lake Natron is a soda lake in northern Tanzania with a volcanic geology that maintains the water's pH around 10.5, which is almost as caustic as ammonia. Some life-forms thrive there nevertheless.

Volunteer for a Free Well Water Sample! The Colorado Geological Survey, funded by the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment, is conducting a baseline study on radionuclides and metals in ...

Caruana will discuss Dwejra’s geological and human history, uncovering some of the site’s lesser-known wonders. Beginning with a tour of its terrestrial features − geological, ...