A new analysis by University of South Wales Professor Duncan Pirrie and his colleagues undercuts the leading theory that the 6-ton slab of sandstone came from northeastern Scotland, though the...

Scientists have wondered about a connection between Earth's geomagnetic reversals, or pole flips, and mass extinctions. They've found correlations, but nothing convincing enough to remove healthy...

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According to highly cited conventional models, cooling and a major drop in sea levels about 34 million years ago should have led to widespread continental

Groundwater extraction for irrigation is leading to rapid subsidence, though effective state management could help slow the process. In Arizona’s Willcox Basin, located just over an hour east of Tucson,...

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A new study reveals that the Earth’s inner core is undergoing a structural transformation. A new study by USC scientists, published in Nature Geoscience, reveals structural changes near the Earth’s...