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X-ray map, using calcium Kα radiation, of orbicular (disk-shaped) diorite from Davie County, N.C.
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The Broken Bridge Between Geology and Museums

by C. Tacker 6 May 201616 August 2022

For lack of funding, irreplaceable collections of mineral specimens may be lost. The Earth science community must rethink the role of museums as archives and outlets for information.

Posted inEditors' Vox

Polarity Reversals in the Earth’s Magnetic Field

by Fabio Florindo 29 April 201627 January 2023

Studies of geomagnetic polarity reversals have generated some of the biggest and most interesting debates in the paleomagnetic and wider solid Earth geophysics communities over the last 25 years.

Gypsum selenite crystals on a matrix of alabaster.
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Gypsum Forms in an Unexpected Way

Lucas Joel by L. Joel 21 April 20167 March 2022

Scientists spot the "stem cell" building blocks that lay the foundation for gypsum's formation.

researchers-cliff-face-measure-rock-movement-precedes-rockfall
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A Warm Day Can Trigger Rockfalls

Lucas Joel by L. Joel 5 April 20163 November 2022

Research on a cliff face in Yosemite National Park finds that when rockfalls happen without an obvious cause, ordinary warming in the Sun could be the culprit.

Yellowstone-National-Park-beehive-geyser
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Can Carbon Dioxide Trigger Geyser Eruptions?

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 16 March 20166 October 2022

Researchers looking at geyser discharge water in Yellowstone National Park found that dissolved carbon dioxide could be involved in a geyser's eruption.

Diverse chemosynthetic communities thrive on undersea asphalt volcanoes that form above natural oil reservoirs deep below the seabed.
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Asphalt Volcanoes Erupt in Slow Motion

by Lauren Lipuma 15 March 201625 March 2024

Natural asphalt seeps on the ocean floor provide a stable home for diverse marine life that sequesters greenhouse gases.

Posted inNews

What Makes the Ground Suddenly Pop?

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 9 February 201630 September 2022

A geological feature in Michigan’s wooded Upper Peninsula has scientists scratching their heads.

Posted inEditors' Vox

AGU Workshops for Authors and Reviewers

by Brooks Hanson 2 February 20161 October 2021

AGU and AGU editors led a number of workshops in 2015 on how to be a successful author to worldwide audiences as well as to how to effectively review scientific papers. First, Yusuke Yokoyama (Editor for Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems) convened a workshop at the JPGU meeting in Tokyo, Japan.

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New NOVA TV Show Explores Coevolution of Rocks and Life

by Randy Showstack 13 January 20166 October 2022

Mineralogist Robert Hazen and other scientists probe connections between living organisms and rocks in "Life's Rocky Start," which premieres tonight on PBS stations around the United States.

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Where Curiosity Has Taken Us

by A. R. Vasavada 12 January 201624 April 2024

The Curiosity rover, one of NASA's flagship missions, analyzes Martian geology, geochemistry, climatology, and radiation to assess whether Mars could have supported microbial life.

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