Geology in the News

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Fountains from the Kilauea Volcano exceeded 1,000 feet. Photo credit: YouTube, U.S. Geological Survey.

5/31/2025: Geologists Might Have Stumbled Upon the Largest Gold Mine in the World

5/30/2025: U.S.-China Trade Truce Risks Falling Apart Over Rare-Earth Exports

5/29/2025: 'Lost City' Deep Beneath The Ocean Is Unlike Anything We've Seen Before on Earth

5/28/2025: Perseverance rover captures a surprise dust devil while taking high-resolution selfie on Mars

5/27/2025: Diamond Hall of Fame: The Sancy Diamond

5/25/2025: Watch: Hawaii's Kilauea volcano spews lava as high as the Eiffel Tower

5/22/2025: Press release: Tapping into the World’s largest gold reserves. Ultra-high precision analyses of volcanic rocks show Earth’s core is leaking into rocks above

5/21/2025: Africa is being torn apart by a 'superplume' of hot rock from deep within Earth, scientists warn

5/20/2025: Scientists May Have Found a Way To Stop Italy’s Awakening Supervolcano

5/20/2025: Underwater volcano off West Coast could erupt later this year, scientists say

5/19/2025: Scientists discover remains of an ancient planet deep inside the Earth

5/18/2025: Africa is splitting—and Earth's sixth ocean is rising from below

5/18/2025: Voyager 1’s Long-Dead Thrusters Fire Again After 20 Years – Just in Time

5/11/2025: A micro museum for my mini rock collection!

5/11/2025: Volcanic white gold: A lithium deposit valued at $1.5 trillion has been discovered in the U.S.

5/8/2025: Q&A: Cleaning up brick kiln pollution without legally enforced regulations

5/8/2025: An underwater volcano off the coast of Oregon may be about to erupt

5/7/2025: World’s Largest Copper Deposit Has Just Been Discovered in South America

5/7/2025: Earthquake Reported In Central Virginia: Did You Feel It?