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The largest flood in Earth’s history burst through Gibraltar and Sicily and refilled the entire Mediterranean in just a few years
A little over 5 million years ago, water from the Atlantic Ocean found a way through the present-day Strait of Gibraltar.
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Unearthing the Future: A young geochemist’s quest for next rare earth frontier
From smartphones and wind turbines to electric vehicles and satellite systems, the 21st century is powered by materials that few people can name ...
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UNESCO Adds 16 New Global Geoparks
UNESCO designated 16 new geoparks, bringing the total number of sites in the UNESCO Global Geoparks Network to 229 in 50 countries. The network ...
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NASA rover finds fresh evidence of the warm and wet past of Mars
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Why Is There So Much Oil In Texas?
Everything is bigger in Texas – including its oil fields. The Lone Star State is the beating heart of America's oil empire, pumping out 6.3 million barrels of crude oil every day. To understand ...
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How a Massive Flood 5 Million Years Ago Created the Mediterranean Sea
A dramatic and cataclysmic event occurred over 5 million years ago, when water from the Atlantic Ocean surged through the ...
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Beartooth Mountains feature some of the oldest rocks in North America
This week's contribution is from Stanley Mordensky, geologist with the U.S. Geological ... sediment into ancient basins. Between about 3 to 2.5 billion years ago, those sedimentary deposits ...