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In the wake of the collapse of Malta’s spectacular arch, which UK coastal features are under threat from the unrelenting forces of wind and water?
Reports claim the feature has vanished – but then mountains are always changing shape.
Signals from violent earthquakes are helping reveal the landscape of the planet’s insides.
Almost half a million years ago a huge flood started breaking the apart the land bridge that joined England and France.
Are we headed to a magnetic reversal and all the global disruption that would bring? Enter archaeomagnetism. A look at the archaeological record in southern Africa provides some clues.
A new project tracks earthquakes accidentally induced by human activity. It suggests the problem is bigger than some scientists thought.
Lightning strikes are powerful – but we haven’t had solid estimates of their energy until now. Researchers turned to the hollow stone tubes they create by vaporizing sand for more precise calculations.
New research suggests how asteroids may have helped create conditions for life on Earth. But we shouldn’t get too carried away with the idea – yet.
Early analysis of the New Zealand earthquake shows it may be a complex event, involving several faults on the South Island.
New study suggests a 64km diameter body travelling at 15km per second created the Orientale Basin on the moon.
Mexico’s Colima volcano erupted a few days ago, reminding the local population of the danger posed by the country’s two active volcanos.
A new study of the 2011 Christchurch earthquake shows boulders from rockfalls fell much further than in earlier quakes that happened before humans arrived and changed the landscape.
An expert panel has announced that we truly are living in the geological era defined by humanity’s fingerprint. But is it as simple as that, and does it leave “Anthropocene science” open to attack?
Central Italy has been hit by a magnitude 6.2 earthquake, only seven years after a similar devastating quake in the region.
New research suggests a mythical flood in China really happened about 4,000 years ago. It’s the latest case of scientists matching ancient tales to actual local natural disasters.
Australia is surrounded by ocean, so is not immune to the effects of tsunamis. But how significant is the risk?
Some water researchers are ignoring the evidence offered by sampling if it doesn’t fit their preconceived notions. But science should always be honest and open.
High in the mountains of Morocco, scientists have discovered something remarkable and rare: a spot that was struck by two meteorites, possibly millions of years apart.
The discovery of the second oldest known asteroid impact site in the world can give us tantalising hints of the Earth’s early crust.
Top contributors
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Professor of Geochronology, Curtin University
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Professor of Geology, Adelaide University
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Professor of Palaeobiology, University of Leicester
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ARC Future Fellow and Associate Professor in Igneous Petrology/Volcanology, The University of Queensland
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Professor in Earth Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and Emeritus Professor of Mineral Physics, University of Cambridge
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Professor of Earthquake Science, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Geophysics, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University
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Professor of Planetary Geosciences, The Open University
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Senior Curator of Geosciences, Museums Victoria Research Institute; Monash University
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Professor in Earth & Climate Science, University of Southampton
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Harold T. Stearns Professor of Earth Science, Wesleyan University
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Adjunct professor, UNSW
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Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor Emeritus, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington