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Geology, Explained: How Earth Works, from Rocks to Deep Time

Introduction

If you’re new here, welcome to Geoscopy, a geology science-communication project dedicated...

August 30, 2026

  • Geochemistry
  • Geohazards
  • Geomorphology
  • Geophysics
  • Paleontology
  • Petrology

Nazaré’s Monster Waves: The Canyon Causing the Water Wall

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On the morning of 1 November 2011, a Hawaiian surfer...

August 23, 2026

  • Geomorphology

Yonaguni Monument: Natural Formation or Man-Made Ruin?

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In the winter of 1986, a diving instructor named Kihachiro...

August 18, 2026

  • Geomorphology

Missoula Floods and the Channeled Scablands

Introduction

Fly east out of Seattle, cross the Cascades, and the...

July 23, 2026

  • Geomorphology

The Rocks That Ring: Inside the Bell-Toned Boulder Fields

Introduction

On a June afternoon in 1890, in the wooded uplands...

June 14, 2026

  • Geomorphology

How Old Is the Grand Canyon? The 150-Year Scientific Feud

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In November 2012, Rebecca Flowers of the University of Colorado...

June 13, 2026

  • Geomorphology

Carolina Bays: Mystery of Aligned Coastal Ovals

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In the spring of 1930, a pilot flying for Fairchild...

June 9, 2026

  • Geomorphology

The Taam Ja’ Blue Hole: The Deepest Blue Hole in the World

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The deepest blue hole in the world sits under a...

June 8, 2026

  • Geomorphology

The Mystery of Singing Desert Dunes Explained

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Sometime around 1271, a young Venetian crossed the desert east of the...

June 7, 2026

  • Geomorphology

Liminal Spaces in Geology: Earth’s Real Undergrounds Voids

You Have Noclipped Into the Earth

Stand in the middle of...

June 6, 2026

  • Geomorphology

Batagay Megaslump: Siberia’s Growing Permafrost Wound

Introduction

The Batagay megaslump, often called the Batagaika crater, is the largest retrogressive...

June 3, 2026

  • Geomorphology

How Mega Floods Carved Washington’s Scablands

Introduction

On the evening of January 12, 1927, a 44-year-old geology...

June 3, 2026

  • Geomorphology

Eye of the Sahara: The Richat Structure Explained

Introduction

On June 4, 1965, James McDivitt and Ed White were four days...

May 30, 2026

  • Geomorphology

First-Ever Fault Rupture Caught on Camera

How a CCTV clip from the 2025 Mandalay earthquake rewrote seismology

The afternoon...

May 25, 2026

  • Geomorphology
  • Geophysics

Argoland: The Lost Continent Hidden Under Indonesia

Introduction

Argoland is a lost continent that broke off northwest Australia roughly 155...

May 24, 2026

  • Geomorphology
  • Geophysics

World’s Oldest Impact Crater Found in Pilbara

Introduction

On a hot morning in May 2021, Chris Kirkland, Tim Johnson and...

May 21, 2026

  • Geomorphology
  • Geophysics

The Great Unconformity: How a Billion Years of Earth’s History Went Missing

A new thermochronology study from the North China Craton argues that supercontinent tectonics, not...

May 13, 2026

  • Geomorphology
  • Geophysics
  • Petrology

LLSVPs: Hidden Giants at Earth’s Core–Mantle Boundary

Tuzo and Jason: The Continent-Sized Blobs Inside Earth

Drop straight down through the...

May 12, 2026

  • Geochemistry
  • Geomorphology
  • Geophysics

Debunking Common Geology Myths (What TikTok Gets Wrong & Right)

Introduction

Scrolling through geology TikToks and Insta reels is a bit like a...

November 24, 2025

  • Geohazards
  • Geomorphology
  • Geophysics
  • Volcanology

Field Geology 101: Essential Tips and Tools for Successful Fieldwork

Introduction

Field geology – the art of studying rocks and landscapes in their...

November 24, 2025

  • Geomorphology
  • Mineralogy

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