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Geophysics
Geophysics applies the principles and methods of physics to the study of the Earth, from earthquakes and gravity to magnetism and the deep interior.
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The Bermuda Anomaly: An Island Floating on a 20-km Raft
Bermuda’s volcanoes died more than 30 million years ago, yet the island still floats high above the Atlantic. New seismic data finally explains why.
· 17 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
Laschamps Excursion: When Earth’s Field Collapsed
The Laschamps excursion, or Laschamp event, 41,000 years ago weakened Earth’s magnetic field. A new simulation shows auroras reached Spain and Egypt.
· 20 min read
Birth of a Sixth Ocean: Inside the Turkana Rift’s Final Act
New 2026 seismic imaging shows Kenya's Turkana Rift in crustal necking — the final pre-oceanic stage of continental breakup and cradle of human…
· 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
Earth’s Inner Core Reverses Its Spin, Learn Why
A 2024 Nature study shows Earth's inner core has reversed its drift, revealed by decades of seismic data from repeating South Sandwich Islands…
· 22 min read
Northern Appalachian Anomaly: The Hot Blob Drifting East
Discover how the Northern Appalachian Anomaly, a mantle heat blob beneath New England, formed 80 million years ago and is still reshaping the…
· 20 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
When the Mediterranean Vanished: The 600,000-Year Drought and the Megaflood That Ended It
The Mediterranean once drained and refilled: the Messinian Salinity Crisis left thick salt and deep canyons, and the Zanclean megaflood ended it.
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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
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