Australia is a long way from the tectonic plate boundaries where most earthquakes happen – but we can’t escape the forces they create.
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Hundreds of millions of years ago, rocks crushed under kilometres of ice injected vital nutrients into Earth’s oceans.
First Nations cultural knowledge has much to share with archaeology, palaeontology and Earth sciences.
There’s a lot of hot rock in the way, and sooner or later your hole would collapse.
Geologists found evidence in the way enigmatic sandstones called Tava formed in the Rocky Mountains hundreds of millions of years ago.
It’s all about perspective: The higher you go, the more you can see the curve.
Otherworldly karst landscapes, such as Western Australia’s famous Pinnacles, hold clues about Earth’s climate history – and future.
Mounting evidence suggests the rubble of an asteroid once formed a ring orbiting our planet’s equator.
The National Science Foundation says that the JOIDES Resolution has become too costly to fund. But scientists say its $72 million annual budget pales compared with discoveries the ship has enabled.
The eruptions that began in 2021 in Iceland could last for centuries, which is bad news for Icelanders but good news for scientists seeking to understand how the inner Earth works.
Understanding how humans came to exert such enormous pressure on Earth’s ecosystems can inform more sustainable ways of living.
Dunes can preserve a record of historic climate changes and shifting continents.
Geologists recently voted down a proposal to formally recognise the Anthropocene.
For decades, scientists have tried to uncover the cause of long-term changes in Earth’s biodiversity. New simulations point at geography playing a critical role.
There are a lot of myths about crystals − for example, that they are magical rocks with healing powers. An earth scientist explains some of their amazing true science.
Satellites can detect land moving by just a few millimetres, but we can never be sure exactly how or when a slope will slide.
The preliminary global-average temperature anomaly for September is a shocking 1.7°C. These are the drivers of current record-breaking heat.
A deadly earthquake in Afghanistan, following one in Morocco, highlights the risks in the region.
For some people, it’s a choice based on cultural beliefs or economic opportunities provided by the volcano. Other times it’s less a choice than the only option.
Some rocks will burn, and others will melt, depending on how they were formed and what minerals they contain.
Top contributors
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Harold T. Stearns Professor of Earth Science, Wesleyan University
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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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Associate Professor of Earthquake Science, The University of Melbourne
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Associate professor, University of Sydney
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Earthquake Scientist, Monash University
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Professor of Palaeobiology, University of Leicester
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Lecturer in Geosciences, University of Montana
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Associate Professor in Earth System Science, University of Exeter
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Senior Research Fellow, Future Industries Institute, University of South Australia
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ARC Future Fellow and Associate Professor in Igneous Petrology/Volcanology, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor of Tectonics, University of Sydney
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Professor of Earth Sciences and Environmental Studies, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Associate Professor, Connected Waters Initiative, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Practice in Meteorology, Professor of International Affairs & Director Center for Solutions to Weather and Climate Risk, Penn State
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Royal Society University Research Fellow & Associate Professor of Geophysics, University of Oxford
