Category: geology
Remember this scene from Better Call Saul? Gus and associates are thinking big. Can they build a methamphetamine lab–underneath a laundromat? Let’s say you’ve just parked downtown—after circling the block… Read More
Think Yellowstone is just about geysers and grizzly bears? Buckle up. It turns out the supervolcano we all know and fear is only the latest act in a fiery saga… Read More
Hold on to your hiking boots—scientists just found evidence that could rewrite the geological history of the Tibetan Plateau! The Altyn Orogen, a mountain range stretching over 400 kilometers, was… Read More
Picture this: A future geologist cracks open the Earth’s crust and finds layers of plastic, radioactive isotopes from nuclear tests, and chicken bones—yes, chicken bones—fossilized into the rock. Welcome to… Read More
A Rippling Martian Lake Under a Warm, Breezy Sky It sounds like something out of science fiction, but NASA’s Curiosity rover just rewrote our understanding of Mars’ ancient climate. Buried… Read More
Consider this: the Earth rumbles beneath your feet, cracks appear in the ground, and seismic waves race through the crust at speeds faster than sound. Sounds like a scene from… Read More
In February 1959, nine Russian hikers set off into the Ural Mountains on an adventure that would become one of the 20th century’s most enduring mysteries. Found weeks later under… Read More
Imagine you’re at the beach, enjoying the serene sound of waves, when your phone buzzes with an emergency alert: “Tsunami warning issued. Evacuate immediately.” Would you know where to go?… Read More
Picture this: the ground beneath your feet begins to tremble as the towering Mt. Vesuvius rumbles to life, spewing ash and pumice into the sky. In the blink of an… Read More
Imagine a world where the solution to drought lies not in the clouds, but in the icy expanses of Antarctica. Picture colossal icebergs, not as frigid relics of the polar… Read More