seismogram

Machine learning unearths signature of slow-slip quake origins in seismic data

A 23-million-year-old leaf preserved in a onetime New Zealand lake bed, key to past atmospheric conditions. One can see veins, glands along the teeth, and holes gnawed by insects, with resulting stunted growth and scar tissue. Credit: Jennifer Bannister/University of Otago

Fossil leaves show high atmospheric carbon spurred ancient ‘global greening’

Professor Scott Bryan recovering pumice. Credit: QUT

Pumice arrives delivering ‘vitamin boost’ to the reef

Minerals inside tiny crystals could reveal how Earth's crust began moving.

Unearthing evidence for the origins of plate tectonics

The ichthyosaur specimen with its stomach contents visible as a block that extrudes from its body. Credit: Ryosuke Motani

Massive, well-preserved reptile found in the belly of a prehistoric marine...

Artists impression of the dinosaur's final moments. Credit: Trudie Wilson

New species of dinosaur discovered on Isle of Wight

The trilobite Aulacopleura kionickii (Barrande, 1846), size: c 1cm. Credit: Brigitte Schoenemann.

Fossilised 429-mln-year-old eye mirrors modern insect vision

A fossilized meandering grazing trail from the Cambrian era. Credit: Luis Buatois

Traces of ancient life tell story of early diversity in marine...

Northern California’s Mount Shasta is among the largest and most active volcanoes in the Cascade Range.

Study rewrites the recent history of productive Cascade Arc volcanoes

The Romanche fracture zone

Rare ‘boomerang’ earthquake observed along Atlantic Ocean fault line

1...656667...666Page 66 of 666