Geology - Page 30

October 21, 2015

Pakistan earthquake island belching poisonous gas

A new island that popped up off the coast of Pakistan following a deadly, 7.7-magnitude quake on Tuesday has been belching poisonous gas and killing fish.

October 21, 2015

An actual hunk of Mars is on block in Heritage Auction sale

A little piece of Mars fell into the Sahara Desert last year, and now it can be yours for the low, low price of about $160,000, part of an auction of nature and science artifacts from Heritage Auctions.

October 21, 2015

Thousands of sinkholes surround the dying Dead Sea

You'll find shells on the shores of many bodies of water; on the banks of the Dead Sea, you'll find sinkholes, and more than 3,000 of them at that.

October 21, 2015

$1 trillion trove of rare minerals revealed under Afghanistan

Despite being one of the poorest nations in the world, Afghanistan may be sitting on one of the richest troves of minerals in the world, valued at nearly $1 trillion, according to U.S. scientists.

October 21, 2015

Volcanoes guard ice age secrets

Standing eye level with oncoming lava, in a snow pit he is digging at Tolbachik volcano in Russia, Ben Edwards is hoping his world doesn't violently explode in the next few minutes

October 21, 2015

Sparkling discovery: Antarctica may contain diamonds

Antarctica might have a new kind of ice diamonds might exist there, a new study finds, The finding, detailed online Dec.

October 21, 2015

Ancient dunes preserve signs of dinosaur-shaking quakes

Long ago, when the Earth had only one continent and one ocean, an earthquake rippled through western North America's great sand sea.

October 21, 2015

Mount Everest's ice is melting, researcher claims

Earth's global thaw has reached Mount Everest, the world's tallest peak, researchers said Tuesday at the Meeting of the Americas in Cancun, Mexico.

October 21, 2015

'Lost' tectonic plate found beneath California

A tectonic plate that disappeared under North America millions of years ago still peeks out in central California and Mexico, new research finds.

October 21, 2015

America's newest national park declared

Pinnacles National Monument in California was signed into law as the United States' 59th and newest national park, now bearing the name Pinnacles National Park.