• Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 23rd, 2010
Planetary Proportions Revealed in 3D

Planetary Proportions Revealed in 3D

After a 20-year-long study

Global Upheaval Promoted Dinosaur Domination

Global Upheaval Promoted Dinosaur Domination

The process began some 200 million years ago

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 23rd, 2010
Tectonic Processes Created Iceland

Tectonic Processes Created Iceland

They are the same as they were millions of years ago

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 19th, 2010
Thirty Years Later: When Mount St Helens Woke Up

Thirty Years Later: When Mount St Helens Woke Up

The USGS gives a retrospective view of the events

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 5th, 2010
Earth Is Still a Violent Planet

Earth Is Still a Violent Planet

Even billions of years after it formed

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 3rd, 2010
Establishing the Location of the Chile Tremor

Establishing the Location of the Chile Tremor

A new map showing its origins has been released

  • History
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • February 9th, 2010
Beautiful, Ancient Spider Fossil Discovered

Beautiful, Ancient Spider Fossil Discovered

The creature lived many millions of years ago

  • History
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 27th, 2010
Volcanic Eruptions May Have Shaped Primate Evolution

Volcanic Eruptions May Have Shaped Primate Evolution

The theory is highly debated

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 12th, 2010
Martian Landforms Get Special Journal Issue

Martian Landforms Get Special Journal Issue

Reports fill a special issue of Icarus

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 7th, 2010
Massive Volcanoes May Adorn Exoplanet

Massive Volcanoes May Adorn Exoplanet

The body was confirmed in October

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 1st, 2010
Meet Mars' Dark Spot

Meet Mars' Dark Spot

The feature was discovered centuries ago

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • December 18th, 2009
Deepest Underwater Erupting Volcano Found

Deepest Underwater Erupting Volcano Found

It has been discovered by marine scientists

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • December 12th, 2009
Earth's Atmosphere May Be Extraterrestrial

Earth's Atmosphere May Be Extraterrestrial

Scientists recently said the same of the planet's oceans

  • History
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 21st, 2009
How Nickel Was First Minted

How Nickel Was First Minted

New research solves old puzzle

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 13th, 2009
Studying Oceanic Core Complexes

Studying Oceanic Core Complexes

3D views of the complexes were recently obtained

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 10th, 2009
Experts to Drill Inside Massive Volcano

Experts to Drill Inside Massive Volcano

A large city is located in the caldera

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • October 28th, 2009
How Massive Eruptions Trigger Ice Ages

How Massive Eruptions Trigger Ice Ages

Volcanoes brought forth a freezing millions of years ago

 
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