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Huge section of Wyoming highway collapses, blocking critical route
CBS News· 1 day agoPart of Teton Pass, a crucial highway weaving through the mountains of western Wyoming, collapsed...
Earthquake study challenges conventional wisdom: 'New way of understanding'
Newsweek· 1 hour agoThe geometric structure of rocks where earthquakes occur could play a key role in determining their...
This word was rejected by geologists. But it’s already taken over the world.
Washington Post· 7 hours agoWhat do you call the current time period — when we humans are warming the atmosphere, acidifying the oceans, altering the land and leaving a literal mark on the planet? Not the Anthropocene, ...
Rare-earth elements could be hidden inside coal mines
Live Science via Yahoo News· 4 days agoRare earth elements are necessary for modern technology, including green energy, but they only come...
Early dinosaurs' complex lost world revealed: "Unique importance"
Newsweek· 7 days agoA fossil site of "unique importance" has shed light on a lost prehistoric ecosystem where early...
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers starting to look for solutions to Daytona Midtown flooding
Daytona Beach News-Journal via Yahoo News· 4 days agoFor the past four months, those ideas have been explored by a team of engineers, biologists, ...
Cruise Ships Aren’t Ready for Instant Tsunamis
The Atlantic· 1 day agoThe landslide sparked a nearly 200-meter-tall wave that roared down the narrow Taan Fiord and out into Icy Bay. No one witnessed the collapse, but a year...
Michael Crichton, James Patterson and an exploding volcano? This novel is ludicrous
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 5 days agoMichael Crichton died in 2008. But as his widow Sherri tells us, the Jurassic Park author left...
Why Women With Cancer Are Suing Big Beauty Brands
The Business of Fashion· 4 hours agoThe ingredient they hold responsible is talcum powder, which is ubiquitous in makeup. Talc is a mineral that is mined from underground clay deposits –...
Origin of freshwater on Earth pushed back half a billion years
Cosmos· 6 days agoFresh water is essential for life on Earth. New research led by geologists at Western Australia’s...