Geology in the News

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Specialized dredgers transport ocean sand through "rainbowing," a method that pumps sand from the sea floor and sprays it through the air to a new, desired location. Image credit: iStock/Wouth.

4/30/2025: What are Ukraine’s critical minerals actually worth? No one knows

4/30/2025: An underwater volcano in the PNW is getting ready to blow

4/17/2025: It rained heavily on Earth for a million years

4/2/2025: Asteroid Samples Suggest a Solar System of Ancient, Salty Incubators

4/1/2025: Baffling Scientists: “Strange” Million-Year-Old Rock Tunnels Found in Africa

4/4/2025: Are we alone in the universe? These Mars rocks could finally give us an answer

3/24/2025: Sand dredging encroaches on marine protected areas, scientists find

3/21/2025: Over 60 Early Jurassic dinosaur footprints discovered on a rock that’s been at an Australian school for two decades