What if Laki returns?

Scientists revisit one of the largest volcanic eruptions  

Underwater threat

Hippo fossil trail

In tiny specks

...is written the history of the Solar system's formation and life on the Earth

Hydrogen at the core

New evidence

Himalayan risks

Antarctic retreat

Most glaciers in peninsular region melting rapidly

Current affair

Science & Technology - Briefs

The world’s five deadliest volcanoes … and why they’re so dangerous

Since 1600, 278,880 people have been killed by volcanic activity, with many of these deaths attributed to secondary hazards associated with the …

Have human-made changes heralded a new epoch?

Experts have proposed that the new epoch—Anthropocene—began around 1950, when human-induced changes started affecting earth's geology

‘Many seismic gaps in Himalayas capable of producing powerful earthquakes’

In an interview to Kundan Pandey, Supriyo Mitra, associate professor with the Department of Earth Sciences at the Indian Institute of Science …

Seafloor spreading that creates crust slowed 35%, growing mountains may be driving it: Study

Seafloor spreading at around 140 millimetres per year at present

Earthquake of magnitude 5.5 hits Tripura; tremors felt in Assam, Bangladesh

The tremors caused by a shallow earthquake lasted for about a minute

Hyperactivity In Hypersea

A new theory on how life moved from sea to land

Finding faults

Macroseismic and aftershock studies reveal a major seismic fault in Madhya Pradesh

Fossils found

Scientists unearth 178 million year-old dinosaur fossils in Kutch

Lava tracking

Scientists try to explain massive volcanic eruptions of the past

Neptune's desiccation

A fault discovered

Scientists spot a new tectonic fault in Nepal

Sulphurs journey

The element travelled far to help form nickel ores on Earth

Sense the core

Noninvasive technology to study geological samples

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Magnetism of Himalayan rocks reveals the mountains’ complex tectonic history

The tectonic collision that formed the world’s largest mountain range was actually a complex, multi-stage process — and not a …