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In an article published in Science Advances, a collaborative team led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) ...
Are you preparing for UPSC CSE Prelims 2025? Check your progress and revise your topics through this quiz on Environment and ...
Despite being tied together beneath the surface, these regions diverge sharply above it. Iceland and the Azores are politically and culturally European. Cuba is firmly part of Latin America, while the ...
Newly published research has revealed that compositional rock anomalies within oceanic plates caused by ancient tectonics influence the trajectory and speed of the plates as they plunge deep into ...
From Bath Oliver water biscuits to brown sauce, which store-cupboard classics are still finding their way onto people’s ...
When Maureen Long talks to the public about her work, she likes to ask her audience to close their eyes and think of a landscape with incredible geology. She hears a lot of the same suggestions: ...
Volcanoes. A short video for 11-14 year old pupils, exploring tectonic activity and volcanoes and featuring case studies from ...
Earthquakes. A short video for 11-14 year old pupils, exploring tectonic activity and earthquakes and featuring case studies ...
This Tuesday, 1st April, in the south-west of Iceland, the volcano Sundhnúkagígar erupted, resulting in a massive fissure in ...
Earth is the only known planet which has plate tectonics today. The constant movement of these giant slabs of rock over the planet’s magma creates continents – and may have even helped create life. In ...
Tourists and residents have been evacuated as a volcano erupted in south-west Iceland, threatening a town and popular ...
A volcanic eruption hits Iceland near the Blue Lagoon, leading to evacuations. Authorities monitor situation as lava and smoke spew from the ground. Eyewitnesses witness the event, highlighting ...