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Picture of Gyala Peri
10 January 2008 | ScienceNOW

The River That Raised a Mountain

by Phil Berardelli
Tibet's ferocious Yarlung Tsangpo has reshaped a piece of Earth's crust
Picture of Pangaea
4 January 2008 | ScienceNOW

Earth's Plates May Take a Break

by Phil Berardelli
Continents aren't always in motion, new study finds
Picture of martian soil
13 December 2007 | ScienceNOW

Remote Lake May Be Treasure Trove of Climate Data

by Phil Berardelli
Sediments from northern Canada yielding valuable clues to ancient weather
Picture of snowball
5 December 2007 | ScienceNOW

Did Carbon Save Earth From a Deep Freeze?

by Phil Berardelli
Dissolved minerals in seawater appear to have prevented a planetary snowball
Picture of Lake Malawi
10 October 2007 | ScienceNOW

Megadrought Put the Squeeze on Our Ancestors

by Ann Gibbons
Cores drilled from an African lake hint at hard times for early humans
Picture of volcano
29 August 2007 | ScienceNOW

Breathing Space for Oxygen

by Betsy Mason
Volcanoes fill gap in understanding ancient Earth's atmosphere
Picture of lake
26 June 2007 | ScienceNOW

How Radioactivity Keeps You Dry

by Phil Berardelli
Hot rocks prevent North America from sinking under the sea
Picture of gravity
10 May 2007 | ScienceNOW

Want to Feel Slimmer? Come to Canada

by Phil Berardelli
An ice age leftover is one of the lightest places on the planet, gravitationally speaking
Picture of helium
18 April 2007 | ScienceNOW

Making Continents in Planetary Hiccups

by Richard A. Kerr
A re-interpretation of geochemical data has Earth belching new continental rock
Picture of granite cobble
28 March 2007 | ScienceNOW

New Round in Snowball Fight

by Krista Zala
Geologic evidence refutes the idea that Earth was once completely frozen
Picture of map
2 February 2007 | ScienceNOW

Shaken, Volcanoes Stir to Life

by John Simpson
Simultaneous eruptions strengthen idea that earthquakes spark volcanic activity
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23 January 2007 | ScienceNOW

Dude, That's Deep

by Eli Kintisch
Report on geothermal energy calls for more drilling to tap the heat of the Earth
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11 December 2006 | ScienceNOW

Nuclear Winter Lite

by Phil Berardelli
Even a small exchange of WMD could create significant climate effects
Picture of tsunami
5 December 2006 | ScienceNOW

Tracking a Killer Tsunami

by Jacopo Pasotti
Italian fireworks blamed for cataclysm that marred ancient Mediterranean
Picture of temple
2 October 2006 | ScienceNOW

The Prophet of Gases

by Betsy Mason
Geologists are debating what kinds of fumes might have inspired an ancient Greek story about a trance-inducing temple
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11 August 2006 | ScienceNOW

Volcanoes From the Inside Out

by Kim Krieger
Team uses CT scanning to probe Mount Etna, possibly predict future eruptions
Picture of ice
10 August 2006 | ScienceNOW

No Dice for Greenland Ice

by Phil Berardelli
Island's ice sheet is melting at an accelerating rate
Picture of air conditioning
3 August 2006 | ScienceNOW

The Hotter It Gets, The Hotter It Gets

by Kim Krieger
Turning on the air conditioner turns up the global temperature
Picture of magnetic field
28 July 2006 | ScienceNOW

Feeling the Earth Move

by Pallava Bagla Richard A. Kerr
Team successfully predicts earthquake in western India
Picture of rocks
7 July 2006 | ScienceNOW

Solving the Mystery of Desert Varnish

by Phil Berardelli
Dark, glassy substance that coats rocks may hold martian secrets
Picture of mountains
6 July 2006 | ScienceNOW

Old Man Mountain

by Betsy Mason
Ancient raindrops suggest Sierra Nevadas rose at least 50 million years ago
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28 June 2006 | ScienceNOW

A Possible Snag in Burying CO2

by Richard A. Kerr
Carbon dioxide injected deep beneath Texas is producing a noxious, corrosive brew
Picture of magnetic fields
11 May 2006 | ScienceNOW

A Sailor's Magnetism

by Katherine Unger
A review of old ships' logs may portend reversal of Earth's magnetic field
Picture of drillers
20 April 2006 | ScienceNOW

Drillers Hit Deep-Sea Pay Dirt

by Richard A. Kerr
Years of boring have finally yielded bits of the lower-most ocean crust
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19 April 2006 | ScienceNOW

Antarctica's Frozen Pipes

by Laura Blackburn
Satellites reveal channels that connect continent's underground lakes
Picture of city
28 March 2006 | ScienceNOW

Why Is New Orleans Sinking?

by Katherine Unger
New study lays blame on natural tectonic movement
Picture of mountains
3 February 2006 | ScienceNOW

Melted Rock Helps Quakes Shake

by Katherine Unger
Seismic "lube" accelerates sliding of faults
Picture of Fossilized mollusks
1 February 2006 | ScienceNOW

Magma, All Cool and Bothered

by Katherine Unger
Volcanoes can wreak havoc without erupting
Picture of Lake Vostok
31 January 2006 | ScienceNOW

Frozen Land O' Lakes

by Mason Inman
Study reveals two more huge lakes buried beneath an Antarctic ice sheet
Picture of asteroid
19 January 2006 | ScienceNOW

A Dirty Space Smashup

by Richard A. Kerr
Ancient asteroid collision scattered dust over Earth, but no harm done
Picture of magnetic field
22 November 2005 | ScienceNOW

Cold Springs Tell of Warm Mantle

by Carolyn Gramling
Geologists see surprising signs of active tectonics in cool springs of western U.S.
18 October 2005 | ScienceNOW

Beach Sand's Surprising Source

by Rebecca Renner
Two studies find half comes from nearby cliffs
11 October 2005 | ScienceNOW

The Return of the 1906 Quake

by Elisabeth Pain
San Francisco may be hit with another great tremblor soon, according to new simulation
4 October 2005 | ScienceNOW

Volcanoes: Shaken, but Not Stirred

by Jim Kling
Researchers develop model to explain earthquakes that occur before volcanic eruptions
28 September 2005 | ScienceNOW

Diving Deep Into Quicksand

by Michael Schirber
Researchers uncover what makes the hazard so hazardous
25 August 2005 | ScienceNOW

Spinning Right Around

by Richard A. Kerr
The Earth's core twirls just a bit faster than its outer layers
11 August 2005 | ScienceNOW

Were Dinos Volcano Victims?

by Carolyn Gramling
Controversial theory gets boost from Indian lava flows
22 July 2005 | ScienceNOW

What Caused the Martian Floods?

by Mason Inman
New research suggests mineral deposits released deluges that carved the planet's surface
29 June 2005 | ScienceNOW

Miracle Grow Mountains

by Kim Krieger
A pair of Norwegian rocks suggests the Caledonian range popped up in a record 13 million years
24 June 2005 | ScienceNOW

Deep Earth Diamonds Saw the Light

by Amitabh Avasthi
Precious stones get their carbon from life at the surface
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