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‘I knew that it was something big’: 11-year-old Kansas boy uncovers 15-foot marine reptile fossil on geology club field trip

The fossil sat there for more than 80 million years

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Tamil Nadu geology, mining dept to conduct enhanced drone inspection to find illegal mining

Tamil Nadu's Geology and Mining Department to use advanced drones for quarry inspections. This follows recent physical checks that uncovered rule violations in 155 quarries. Minister T K Prabhu ordered immediate suspensions for non-compliant sites. Future inspections will be conducted with drones after notifying leaseholders. This initiative aims to prevent…

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Mining industry to govt: Want critical minerals? Fund geology courses

Ahead of the Budget, the mining lobby says export targets depend on the skill of our future geologists – and you get what you pay for

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In 1892, French archaeologists studied an ancient Greek sanctuary on Mount Parnassus: Strange fault lines beneath the temple revived the mystery of Delphi’s Oracle

Recent geological investigations at Ancient Delphi have unearthed fault lines beneath the famed sanctuary. This hidden landscape may have released mysterious gases, possibly shaping the Pythia's enigmatic predictions. Such findings intertwine age-old beliefs with geological realities, deepening the intrigue surrounding this historical site and sparking curiosity in today's world.

The Economic Times

A Canadian lake shaped like an emoji suddenly drained dry in a geological event rarely seen on Earth

Lake Rouge in Quebec catastrophically drained in May 2025 due to a landslide and outburst flood, leaving a barren crater. This rare event was caused by a combination of intense wildfires, decades of logging, heavy snowpack, and Quebec's young post-glacial geology. The loss devastates the Cree First Nation of Waswanipi,…

The Economic Times

Who Is Ateba Gautier? Science Teacher Turned UFC Fighter Pursuing A Degree In Geology

Ateba Gautier is a UFC fighter and former science teacher trying to balance his MMA career while studying geology.

International Business Times UK

The moon is green and brown? Why scientists are already excited about Artemis II's historic lunar photos

As Earth reels at the beauty of Artemis II's historic lunar flyby photos, geologists working on the mission are excited for big insights about the moon.

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An Omaha sinkhole went viral. Hundreds of others fall under the radar.

Video of a sinkhole that swallowed two vehicles in Omaha, Nebraska captured attention around the world, but hundreds of others happen with little notice

The Independent UK

How the Artemis II crew trained to observe and photograph the moon: A NASA science team geologist explains

The Artemis II crew has now broken the record — previously held by Apollo 13 — for the farthest distance any humans have ever travelled from Earth. The crew also completed a flyby of the moon’s far side and sent back some amazing images of the lunar surface.

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South Africa’s 2.7-billion-year-old mountain that produced 40% of the world’s gold still holds half a trillion dollars

Witwatersrand Basin in South Africa, since the Archean Eon which is roughly 2.7 billion years old. This isn’t just an ordinary heap of debris sitting on metals; it's one of the main contributing factors in the geology as well as the economy of the whole continent. The landscape across Johannesburg…

The Times of India

What lies beneath Egypt’s Giza Pyramid: Satellite radar study claims vast underground structures

Reports emerging in March 2025 have drawn attention to fresh claims about hidden structures beneath the Pyramid of Khafre on the Giza plateau. An Italy-based research group, working with satellite radar imagery rather than ground excavation, says it has identified large underground features extending deep below the monument. The team…

The Times of India

Natural hydrogen can make decarbonising industry cheaper – NZ’s turbulent geology could give it an edge

Hydrogen is emerging as a critical part of the low-carbon transition for industries where electrification is not a straightforward solution.

The Conversation

Bandera Volcano Ice Cave: The weird lava tube in New Mexico whose temperature is always below freezing

Due to a weird quirk of geology, New Mexico's Bandera Volcano Ice Cave never warms above 31 degrees Fahrenheit, even when temperatures outside exceed 100 F in summer.

LiveScience

What Science Knows About the 2013 Floods, And What It Doesn’t About Kedarnath

In June 2013, Uttarakhand witnessed destruction on a scale that reshaped both geography and memory. Days of relentless rain triggered cloudbursts, landslides, and a sudden glacial lake outburst that sent a violent mix of water, rock, ice, and debris racing through the Mandakini valley. Entire settlements vanished. Roads and bridges…

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Why the Deity at Kamakhya Temple Bleeds Once a Year

There are temples that calm you down. And then there are temples that quietly disturb your thinking. Kamakhya Temple, sitting on Nilachal Hill in Assam, belongs to the second kind. There is no idol here. No serene marble face of the Goddess. And once every year, the temple shuts its…

The Times of India

China may be sitting on one of the largest gold finds ever recorded, worth $83 billion

China's geological officials are reviewing findings indicating exceptionally substantial gold deposits in the country's northeast and central regions. Exploration work has reignited interest in Liaoning province's Dadonggou gold deposit, as well as another large site in Hunan. Early estimates suggest that these deposits could be among the largest ever discovered…

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Rock up to London: discovering stones and fossils from around the world on an urban geology tour

The city’s architecture travels through time and continents, incorporating everything from slabs of the Italian Alps to meteorites that hit southern Africa 2bn years ago

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'I Know My Rocks': People We Meet On Vacation's Emily Bader Is Super Into Geology, And Now I Love The Netflix Star Even More

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All the barriers to rare earth mining in Greenland

Donald Trump wants to dismantle China’s near-monopoly on the supply of rare earths

The Conversation

West Antarctica’s history of rapid melting foretells sudden shifts in continent’s ‘catastrophic’ geology

Due to its thick, vast ice sheet, Antarctica appears to be a single, continuous landmass centered over the South Pole and spanning both hemispheres of the globe. The Western Hemisphere sector of the ice sheet is shaped like a hitchhiker’s thumb – an apt metaphor, because the West Antarctic ice…

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Oil Prices vs Investor Returns: It's What's Beneath the Surface That Counts

Engineering, geology and operating discipline can determine the success of oil and gas projects as much as the cost per barrel.

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After almost 20 years helping to operate rovers on Mars, NASA geologist and astronaut candidate Lauren Edgar says stepping foot on the Red Planet 'would be a dream'

Edgar once designed science experiments for astronauts to perform. Now she'll be the astronaut performing them.

The Guardian - UK

Geology could crush hopes of extracting all North Sea’s oil and gas

The remaining fields tend to be smaller, more remote and more technically challenging to drill into

LiveScience

The geology that holds up the Himalayas is not what we thought, scientists discover

A 100-year-old theory explaining how Asia can carry the huge weight of the Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau needs to be rewritten, a new study suggests.

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Michael Waldman obituary

Other lives: Palaeontologist and geology teacher who discovered the first mammal fossil from the time of the dinosaurs in Scotland

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