Geology in the News

Links provided by Harold Tuchfeld, Brian Silver, Rod Nenner, Chris Randolph, Ken Rock, and Andy Thompson

This month's column includes links for three full months of geology-related articles selected by fellow members and readers. So much interesting stuff to review as the summer draws to a close. Please enjoy!

8/29/2024: Scientists Uncover a Billion-Year Secret in Earth’s Largest Iron Ore Deposits

8/23/2024: Icelandic volcano eruption slows down, spa resort evacuated

8/22/2024: Uncovering “Snowball Earth”: Hidden Rock Record Unveils Secrets of Earth’s Deep Freeze

8/21/2024: New technology extracts lithium from brines inexpensively and sustainably

8/21/2024: Ranked: The Countries That Added the Most Gold Reserves (2013-2023)

8/18/2024: Scientists Unveil Mysterious Origins of Earth’s Largest Igneous Rocks

8/17/2024: Volcano erupts in Russia after 7.0-magnitude earthquake, sending ash column 5 miles high

8/14/2024: Stonehenge’s Mysterious Altar Stone Is…Scottish. Shocking find suggests ancient Britons were a more cohesive society than previously believed

8/8/2024: Longest rocks ever recovered from Earth’s mantle. The 4,160-feet-long sediment core could help scientists learn about magma, volcanoes, and more.

8/2/2024: Does This Mars Rock Show a "Potential Biosignature"? Or Just "Wet Chemistry"?

8/1/2024: Meet the Scientist Venturing to Remote Canada in Search of the Earth’s Oldest Rocks. Smithsonian researcher Wriju Chowdhury is part of an expedition searching for 4-billion-year-old crystals that could uncover the secrets behind Earth’s early history.

8/1/2024: Mercury could have an 11-mile underground layer of diamonds, researchers say

7/18/2024: The Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius Wasn’t Pompeii’s Only Killer; While the volcano’s eruption was deadly, research shows that many people in the ancient Roman city died in building collapses from the earthquake associated with the outburst

7/9/2024: Rock found in WA's Pilbara could be the oldest recorded evidence of complex life on Earth

7/9/2024: ‘Prehistoric Pompeii’ reveals 515 million-year-old sea bugs’ anatomy in pristine 3D

7/6/2024: This Italian vacation hotspot is turning tourists away as it runs out of water

7/5/2024: Earth’s core has slowed so much it’s moving backward, scientists confirm. Here’s what it could mean.

7/2/2024: Revisiting the Cambrian explosion’s spark. New research provides the clearest evidence to date that a rapid burst of evolution 540 million years ago could have been caused by a small increase in oxygen in Earth’s atmosphere and shallow ocean waters.

6/30/2024: There's an Extremely Stupid Reason NASA Scientists Can't Study China's Amazing New Moon Rocks

6/5/2024: Tallest waterfall in China is fed by pipes, officials admit

6/4/2024: Evidence of Earth's First Rains Found Trapped Within Primordial Crystals

6/4/2024: Mount Kanlaon volcano erupts sending 3-mile ash plume into the sky

6/3/2024: Owner of world’s biggest fossilized poop collection opens museum