16 Explosive Facts About Volcanoes
Whether they're minor eruptions or cataclysmic explosions like Vesuvius, Tambora, and Krakatau, volcanoes have had a major impact on the world's climate and history.
Whether they're minor eruptions or cataclysmic explosions like Vesuvius, Tambora, and Krakatau, volcanoes have had a major impact on the world's climate and history.
Spoiler: The answer is not "aliens." It's never aliens.
The subtropical coastline near Ruislip dates back to 56 million years ago.
It's a feat some scientists thought was impossible.
It erodes at a rate of one inch per year.
It identified 17 times more earthquakes than traditional methods.
The ball is dropped from a height of more than 4 stories.
The earthquake-triggered waves are both destructive and unpredictable.
It weights more than a billiard ball.
"These latest results are opening up even bigger questions about its origins."
Strong winter storms in Ireland in 2013 and 2014 were able to hurl 600-ton boulders right out of the sea.
The cave system below the Saint-Léonard borough is believed to sit atop an aquifer and may lead to the Montréal water table.
The geyser we see is just the tip of the iceberg.
The burning question, answered.
In the 1st century CE, Pliny the Elder wrote that Roman seawalls grew "every day stronger." Turns out he was right.
Scientists found a shark tooth and part of a mantis shrimp buried in the Amazon basin. Sediment cores going back 18 million years tell the rest of the story.
The Chicxulub crater is providing new clues about how life may have begun on Earth about 4 billion years ago—and point us towards how and where we can look for life across the universe.
Hydrologists have figured out where all that water has been going.
Short answer: water, plankton fossils, and hot rock.
One has to do with rocks, and another with glaciers.
These life forms existed 3.77 to potentially 4.3 billion years ago.
A result of climate change, the chasm has revealed long-lost forests and the preserved remains of prehistoric animals.
The next time you’re feeling less than brave, remind yourself you’re already one of nature’s great success stories.
The 34-ton space rock nicknamed “Gancedo” may be the second largest in the world.