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This waterfall flows across an ancient lava plateau

This video shows Háifoss Waterfall in the Þjórsárdalur Valley, Iceland, where the river plunges approximately 122 meters (400 ...
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In a global first, scientists observe the formation of Earth’s crust in the ocean

Researchers at the French National Center of Scientific Research have become the first to ...

Jet-black Sahara volcano and skull-shaped crater captured in stunning NASA astronaut photo

Hidden deep in the heart of the Sahara, a jet-black volcano draped in the remnants of ancient lava flows sits beside one of ...

Scientists Have a New Origin Story for Giant’s Causeway

This, as legend has it, is how the Giant’s Causeway was created. It’s a fantastic story, but science offers a different explanation. After studying this unique geological site for centuries, ...

Antarctica Froze Millions of Years Before the Arctic. We May Finally Know Why

Some 34 million years ago, when Earth was significantly warmer than it is today, Antarctica froze over. It would take another ...

Why Antarctica froze millions of years before the Arctic

East Antarctica hosts the largest ice sheet on Earth, containing enough water to raise global sea levels by 52 meters (171 ...

Globally significant volcanic event formed Giant’s Causeway, scientists find

Geochronologists say basalt columns in Antrim sprang up during volcanic activity over 5.5m years – 8m less than thought ...

Scientists make new discovery about the history of the Giant’s Causeway

Scientists make new discovery about the history of the Giant’s Causeway - It was discovered that Northern Ireland’s volcanic rocks formed in just 5.5 million years.
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Scientists Make New Discovery about Northern Ireland’s Giant’s Causeway

London: The geological timeline for Northern Ireland's iconic Giant’s Causeway has been dramatically revised following new scientific research, according to The Independent. New findings indicate that ...

Water seeping into Earth’s mantle 3.1 billion years ago fueled early volcanic activity and plate tectonics

Water may have been shaping Earth’s deep interior far earlier than many geologists thought. In rocks more than 3 billion years old from Western Australia, a research team found chemical signs that ...