Weather watch

Heated within

Catastrophic change

Tilting Earth

Balancing boulders

Earthquake- free regions may be pinpointed by studying the number of delicately poised rocks that dot them

United we stand

Various theories have attempted to explain the origin and positioning of the earth' continents. A new hypothesis now suggests that there, perhaps,…

Not more, not less

Oxygen is the component that sustains life on earth. Too much or too little of it could change the entire life scenario on the planet. How does …

Sparkling clues

Diamonds not only have glamour value; research reveals that they have helped solve a long-standing puzzle on recycling capabilities of the earth'…

Killed by a belch

Carbon dioxide, the killer gas in today's world seems to have been the culprit aeons ago too. It has been identified as the gas which possibly …

Sparkles galore

Shimmering diamonds are not just earthly in origin. They can also be interstellar and meteoritic. From the depths of the earth to the expanses of …

Terror unearthed?

California is sitting on gases at very high pressure that are enough to trigger earthquakes in near future

Distant eyes

Rediscovering Antarctica

Volcanic after effects

Volcanic eruptions in Hawaii provide ground for new life

The tilting pole

Is the North Pole shifting towards Japan?

Turmoil in the Earth's guts

The foundations of the Yellowstone National Park are still on the boil

Faulty planes

Sudden impact

A meteorite that hit the Earth could have thrown life forms across the globe

A lubricated fault?

Understanding earthquakes

Riding the waves

Adaptive sampling, a new oceanographic technique, will provide an accurate picture of complicated coastal environments

Interior boundaries

Cracking of a fragment of the earth's crust in Canada provides a snapshot of an amazing geological event

Hammer of God

The collision of a meteorite with the Earth produced energy about a million times more than the largest earthquake ever recorded

Widening chasm

Tracking Earth's movements