Geology

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Geologists use earthquake waves to reveal anomalies deep under Pacific
Huge areas of rock appear to be remains of submerged plates, despite being far from plate boundaries

Kate Ravilious

22, Jan, 2025 @6:00 AM

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Luca is the progenitor of all life on Earth. But its genesis has implications far beyond our planet
New research into the single-celled organism is providing clues about what the early planet looked like – and raising the prospect that we may not be alone in the universe

Philip Ball

19, Jan, 2025 @11:00 AM

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Country Diary: These cliffs are more unstable than ever | Sara Hudston
West Bay, Dorset: People have lost their lives here, even long before the wetter weather we have now. So I keep my distance from the edge

Sara Hudston

11, Dec, 2024 @5:30 AM

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Dead Sea ‘white smokers’ provide early sinkhole warning, say scientists
Underwater chimney structures spewing jets of brine can help alert to dangerous regional issue, research shows

Kate Ravilious

27, Nov, 2024 @6:00 AM

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La Ricerca review – paean to man who uses stone to make sense of the world
Reverential documentary reveals how Luigi Lineri has dedicated his life to creating a temple of rock

Phuong Le

25, Nov, 2024 @7:00 AM

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‘The land is tearing itself apart’: life on a collapsing Arctic isle
On Qikiqtaruk, off Canada, researchers at the frontier of climate change are seeing its rich ecology slide into the sea as melting permafrost ice leaves little behind

Leyland Cecco, on Herschel Island–Qikiqtaruk

21, Nov, 2024 @7:00 AM

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Country diary: Sometimes all we can do is savour the monumental timelessness of our landscape | Phil Gates
Forest-in-Teesdale, Co Durham: I can see signs of fiery volcanoes, scouring glaciers, and the earliest plant life. This is a place to consider the miracle of our surroundings

Phil Gates

01, Nov, 2024 @5:30 AM

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‘A huge loss’: is it the end for the ship that helped us understand life on Earth?
The Joides Resolution has contributed to our understanding of climate crisis, the origin of life, earthquakes and eruptions. But funding cuts mean it may have sailed its last expedition

Andrea Prada Bianchi

09, Oct, 2024 @5:00 AM

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Mount Everest is having a growth spurt, say researchers
River erosion has pushed the mountain upwards and added an extra 15 to 50 metres over the past 89,000 years

Nicola Davis Science correspondent

30, Sep, 2024 @3:00 PM

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Country diary: This local stone is imbued with memories | Derek Niemann
Frome, Somerset: Rocks were hewn from the land, and shaped to form the very fabric of my new home town

Derek Niemann

18, Sep, 2024 @9:39 AM

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The solar pump revolution could bring water to millions of Africans but it must be sustainable and fair | Alan MacDonald
Solar power could enable 400 million Africans without water to tap into groundwater aquifers. However, we must ensure smaller projects do not lose out in the rush for new technology

Alan MacDonald

09, Sep, 2024 @10:00 AM

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Country diary: A day of shock and ore down in the ravine | Susie White
Nenthead, Cumbria: The old lead mines here revealed a complex geology, and with so little water in the burn, I’m able to get a close look

Susie White

09, Sep, 2024 @4:30 AM

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