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Heat From Below the Pacific Ocean Is Fueling Yellowstone

While we read stories in the national media of a possible catastrophic eruption of the Yellowstone volcanic area, scientists are not so sure of the likelihood of such an event. In an effort to better understand the region’s subsurface geology, geologists are taking another look at geologic history. Geology professor Lijun Liu, who led the new research, has ...

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Yellowstone National Park.

Geologists Discover Meteorite Hit the Isle of Skye 60 Million Years Ago

While exploring volcanic rocks on Scotland’s Isle of Skye, geologists made a discovery literally out of this world — mineral forms that have only ever been found in space. The minerals were thrown out from a 60 million-year-old meteorite impact, previously unknown to scientists. This makes it the first known meteorite impact designated within the British Paleogene ...

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