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Geomorphology
Geomorphology is the study of landforms and the processes that shape them: water, ice, wind, gravity and the movements of the crust.
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Eye of the Sahara: The Richat Structure Explained
What is the Eye of the Sahara? How Mauritania's Richat Structure formed, why it's not an impact crater, and why the Atlantis claim doesn't hold up.
· 10 min read
First-Ever Fault Rupture Caught on Camera
A security camera captured the first-ever filmed surface rupture of a major earthquake, the Mw 7.7 Myanmar quake of 28 March 2025, in real time.
· 31 min read
Argoland: The Lost Continent Hidden Under Indonesia
How geologists tracked a 5,000-km slab of Australia that vanished 155 million years ago and reappeared, in pieces, under Borneo, Sulawesi, and…
· 22 min read
World’s Oldest Impact Crater Found in Pilbara
A 3.47-billion-year-old impact crater in the Pilbara may reshape theories on continent formation, early life on Earth, and Mars analog research.
· 26 min read
The Great Unconformity: How a Billion Years of Earth’s History Went Missing
New thermochronology research links the Great Unconformity to supercontinent tectonics, not global glaciation, reshaping Earth’s missing billion…
· 21 min read
LLSVPs: Hidden Giants at Earth’s Core–Mantle Boundary
LLSVPs are vast, continent-sized structures at the core–mantle boundary, revealed by seismic tomography where shear waves slow down. What they might…
· 19 min read
Debunking Common Geology Myths (What TikTok Gets Wrong & Right)
Viral geology claims on TikTok checked against the science: what they get wrong and right, from diamonds and oil to California sliding into the sea.
· 13 min read
Field Geology for Beginners: Gear, Skills, Best Field Guides
Field geology for beginners: what to pack, how to read an outcrop and keep a field notebook, plus the best geology field guide books to start with.
· 24 min read
Earth’s Magnetic Field and Reversals Explained
Earth’s magnetic field shields the planet, and its poles periodically swap places. The science of geomagnetic reversals and what they mean for our…
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