Dramatic Edward Burtynsky image shows stark desert divide
Hezzle Wood Edward Burtynsky, courtesy Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York There is no geophysical logic to the sharp partition in…
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These rocks are probably the last remains of Earth’s early crust
The Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt in Canada may contain the world’s oldest rocks Jonathan O’Neil Just over 4 billion…
Meet the storm chasers on the hunt for extreme hail
A tornado captured near Arnett, Oklahoma Ethan Mok Most storm chasers live for tornadoes. A few live for…
Ancient rocks show earliest evidence of tectonic activity on Earth
The Pilbara craton in Western Australia is made up of some rocks that are 3.5 billion years old…
Underwater volcanic brine pools could be home to extreme life forms
Animals found near the Mabahiss Mons volcano in the Red Sea, including amphipods and polychaete worms Dr. Katrin…
We’ve found that a new type of rock is forming from old slag heaps
Slag heaps in Lens, France Caroline Vancoillie/Alamy Almost 20 years ago, New Scientist ran a feature called “Imagine…
Meltwater bursts through Greenland ice in first-of-a-kind eruption
Satellite image of the subglacial lake region after the outburst flood occurred, showing the fracturing of the ice…
Longest lightning ‘mega-flash’ sets a shocking new record
Lightning flashes during a monsoon storm in the US Edward Mitchell/World Meteorological Organization (WMO) A lightning “mega-flash” over…
Kamchatka earthquake response shows tsunami warnings are improving
The coastline of Shiogama, Japan as a tsunami warning had been issued after a huge earthquake Asahi Shimbun…
Scientists crush ice cores to predict Antarctica’s next big ice crack
In Antarctica, two giant rifts, known as Chasm 1 and Halloween Crack, split across the Brunt Ice Shelf.…