Geology

Fire And Ice: Explosive Volcanoes Found Under Ice-Covered Arctic Ocean

swarm and reported about its unusual properties in the periodical EOS in the year 2000. Bathymetric ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 26 2008 - 12:54am

1908 Tunguska Catastrophe- New Evidence Supports Meteorite Theory

theories about what caused the catastrophe. However, the majority of scientists assume that it was caused ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 16 2008 - 1:05am

Brazilian Diamonds- Window To The Center Of The Earth

very excited that the SRS has contributed to answering such long standing questions about the Earth in ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 12 2008 - 9:33am

Water On Mars A Billion Years Later Than Previously Believed

the surface of Mars. Its highest resolution is about 20 times sharper than any previous look at the ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 28 2008 - 11:20pm

Enceladus- Saturn Moon May Have Underground Water

NASA's postdoctoral program.  "We still have a lot to discover and learn about how this all works on ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 26 2008 - 2:45pm

Saturn Moon Enceladus Has Icy Crust That Moves Like A 'Conveyor Belt'

certain about the geological mechanisms that control the spreading, but we see patterns of divergence and ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 15 2008 - 6:22pm

Carbonates Found On Mars Adds To Mystery

have finally found carbonate minerals because they provide more detail about conditions during specific ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 25 2008 - 11:02pm

Meteorite Discovery May Be A New Path To Understanding Planet Formation

Harvey, Case Western Reserve University) "What is most unusual about these rocks is that they have ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 8 2009 - 11:10am

Meteors And Volcanoes Coincidence? Massive Extinction And Then An Ice Age 35 Million Years Apart

to be on a scale grand enough to bring about an extinction event comparable with that which destroyed ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 11 2009 - 1:26am

Coastal Erosion Rate Doubles In Last 5 Years, Says Study

historical levels of about 20 feet per year between the mid-1950s and late-1970s, to 28 feet per year between ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 18 2009 - 2:34pm