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The continent of Argoland, which virtually vanished in the geological record 150 million years ago, has finally been found.

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Scientists Rediscover Lost Continent That Broke Off From Australia

By Frank Landymore

The world's land masses are, a new super-charged climate model suggests, going to form into one giant desert supercontinent.

Scientists Say Earth Will Become a Barren Wasteland

By Noor Al-Sibai

New research suggests that there's a massive asteroid crater hidden beneath Australia, dwarfing even the impact that killed the dinosaurs.

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Scientists Intrigued by Huge Structure Buried Under Australia

By Frank Landymore

Below the Indian Ocean, there's a giant "gravity hole" over one million square miles in size. Scientists may have figured out why it exists.

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Scientists Intrigued by “Gravity Hole” at Bottom of Ocean

By Victor Tangermann

There are staggeringly tall mountains inside the Earth that rival Mount Everest. Scientists are puzzling over their origin.

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Gigantic Mountains Inside Earth Mystify Scientists

By Sharon Adarlo

Bad news for New York: the Big Apple appears to be sinking a little bit each year under the weight of its iconic skyscrapers.

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NYC Appears to Be Sinking Because Its Skyscrapers Are So Heavy

By Noor Al-Sibai

The core-mantle boundary is dotted with Everest-dwarfing "mountains" made of ocean floors that were dragged to the interior over millions of years.

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The Earth’s Core Is Wrapped in the Floor of an Ancient Ocean, Scientists Say

By Frank Landymore

A newly-discovered layer located under the Earth's crust may provide scientists with more information about tectonic plates and the formation of continents.

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Scientists Discover Molten Hell Zone Beneath Earth’s Tectonic Plates

By Noor Al-Sibai

Over the next 300 million years, scientists predict all the Earth's continents will come together to form the next supercontinent: Amasia.

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Scientists Say All Land on Earth Is Smashing Together Into a New Supercontinent

By Frank Landymore

Crew aboard the Exploration Vessel Nautilus discvered a "yellow brick road" that looks it leads to Atlantis. Climage change may affect future ocean studies.

Scientists Discover Something That Looks Like a Road Deep Under the Ocean

By Lonnie Lee Hood

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Scientists: Uh, Earth Flipped Over On Its Side 84 Million Years Ago

By Foster Kamer

As ice melts, the Earth's crust expands upward and outward in deformations that can span hundreds of miles and last thousands of years.

Harvard Study: Melting Polar Ice Is Physically Warping the Planet

By Dan Robitzski

Giant “Mud Volcano” Explosion Seen Near Oil Platform

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Giant “Mud Volcano” Explosion Seen Near Oil Platform

By Tony Ho Tran

According to a new study, a team of geologists found that our planet goes through a cycle of severe geological events — almost like clockwork.

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The Earth Suffers a Regular Cycle of Horrific Catastrophes, Scientists Say

By Victor Tangermann

Corcoran, California has been sinking into the Earth for years due to overpumping from underground water reservoirs by farms and the agricultural industry.

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An Entire Town Is Getting Swallowed by the Earth

By Dan Robitzski

A study suggests that the mysterious, giant blobs hidden in the Earth's mantle might be the remains of a protoplanet that crashed billions of years ago.

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There Appears to Be a Huge Chunk of an Ancient Planet Buried Inside Earth

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists uncovered an unusual phenomenon happening beneath the Earth's crust that's responsible for pushing the Atlantic Ocean apart.

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The Atlantic Ocean Is Growing Larger and Larger, Scientists Say

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists in New Zealand are bombarding rooftops with volcanic rock to help the area prepare for any potential future eruptions.

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Scientists Fire Volcanic Rocks at Rooftops to Prove Volcanoes Are Dangerous

By Dan Robitzski

After studying hundreds of marsquakes, data from NASA's InSight rover suggests that the crust of Mars is layered like a three-tiered cake.

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Mars’ Crust Structure Is Like a Layer Cake, NASA Scientists Say

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists discovered an ancient, long-gone tectonic plate that they say explains the volcanoes around the northern Pacific.

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Scientists Discover “Lost” Tectonic Plate With Ominous Name

By Dan Robitzski

A team of scientists suggests that meteor impact craters could have offered the perfect conditions for life on Earth to emerge.

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Scientists: Life on Earth Likely Started in Meteor Craters

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists have no idea what formed a series of bizarre ridges on the surface of Mars, and they're not confident in their guess.

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Scientists Still Baffled by Bizarre Martian Ridges

By Dan Robitzski

Geologists are using new techniques like precise GPS measurements to figure out what's driving apart three tectonic plates in Ethiopia.

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Geologists Say a New Ocean Is Opening up in Africa

By Dan Robitzski

New models suggest that Earth's magnetic field, already overdue for a total reversal, could shift faster than we thought.

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Scientists: Earth’s Magnetic Field Could Shift 100x Faster Than Observed

By Dan Robitzski

A team of researchers say they've used cutting-edge imaging techniques to discover huge, "unexpected" structures near the Earth's core

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Scientists Discover “Unexpected” Structures Near Earth’s Core

By Jon Christian

On opposite side of the Earth's core lie two massive, mysterious blobs of ultrahot ancient rock that have scientists locked in a decades-long disagreement.

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Geologists Baffled By “Massive Anomalies” at Edge of Earth’s Core

By Dan Robitzski

New radar maps and digital models reveal a massive underground valley beneath Greenland, including a thousand-mile-long "Dark River."

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Scientists Discover “Dark River” Under Greenland

By Dan Robitzski

Venus is covered in mountains made of crystal, which scientists now think are formed by lava made of "crystal mush" that squeezes through the crust.

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Venus Is Covered in Gigantic Crystal Volcanoes

By Dan Robitzski

The Atlantic: It’s Possible Dinosaurs Had a Whole Civilization

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The Atlantic: It’s Possible Dinosaurs Had a Whole Civilization

By Dan Robitzski

Research suggests that the Earth's core and mantle have been swapping tungsten and hafnium for the last 2.5 billion years.

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The Earth’s Core Is Leaking, Baffling Scientists

By Dan Robitzski

Research suggests that the edge of a tectonic plate off the coast of Portugal may be splitting in half, causing powerful underground earthquakes.

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This “Peeling” Tectonic Plate Could Cause Catastrophic Earthquakes

By Dan Robitzski

A new study found that some humans possess the ability to detect Earth's magnetism. We don't know why or how, but scientists think it's vestigial.

“Provocative” Research: Some People Can Sense Magnetic Fields

By Dan Robitzski

A new lightweight drill, originally built to probe beneath the surface of Mars, is being used instead to drill down to Antarctica's bedrock.

A Drill Built for Mars Will Probe Antarctic Bedrock

By Dan Robitzski

New 3D maps of the Earth's crust hidden beneath Antarctic ice reveal new fragments of ancient continents, perhaps broken off when Pangaea split.

A Satellite Found Remnants of Lost Continents Under Antarctica

By Dan Robitzski

An Earthquake Early Warning System is Coming to the West Coast

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An Earthquake Early Warning System is Coming to the West Coast

Satellites Will Soon Predict Earthquakes and Volcanic Eruptions From Space

Satellites Will Soon Predict Earthquakes and Volcanic Eruptions From Space

Proof of a New Geological Epoch: Over 200 Minerals Have Been Created by Humans

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Proof of a New Geological Epoch: Over 200 Minerals Have Been Created by Humans

By June Javelosa