A team of geologists and mineral physicists at Harvard University, the University of California, Argonne National Laboratory ...

New research suggests an ancient hotspot helped shape the Great Lakes, challenging traditional formation theories.

Discover why Africa is slowly splitting into two continents due to the East African Rift. This geological transformation, ...

A new study from the University of Houston could change the way we understand how lakes were formed.Aibing Li, a UH seismologist and co-author of the ...

The Tibetan Plateau, often called the "roof of the world," continues to baffle geologists and others curious about Earth’s ...

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But there are many more fascinating facts about this frosty time in Earth's past. How much do you know about the last ice age? Find out by taking this quiz. And if you need a hint, hit the yellow ...

The ice thickness must be at least 8 to 12″ to drive cars or small pickup trucks on it. For medium sized trucks, the ice thickness must be at least 12 to 15″. Categories : Weather Tidbits ...

While the geographical North Pole stays fixed in place (at the very summit of the Earth's rotational axis), the WMM pinpoints the magnetic North Pole – where Earth's magnetic field points straight ...

Sir James Clark Ross discovered magnetic north pole in 1831 in northern Canada. British scientists have recently revealed that Earth's magnetic north pole is drifting towards Russia at an ...

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