Physicists crack mystery of the spectacular stones of the Giant’s Causeway
Basalt columns are formed when cracking becomes a collective process
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Unchartered underground
Stephen Ornes shines a light on the small band of "speleophysicists" who combine their love of physics with a passion for caves
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Monitoring a smoking giant with muons: a plan for Popocatépetl
James Dacey investigates a plan to use muons to peer inside Mexico’s famous volcano Popocatépetl to help predict the timing and extent of its fiery outbursts
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Earthquakes could be triggered by sound waves that ‘fluidize’ faults
New experiments could also explain why some aftershocks occur
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Chicxulub: scientists revisit the crater of doom
Scientists are preparing to glean insights in crater formation, materials science and mechanisms of mass extinction from the Chicxulub impact structure
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Web life: EGU Network blogs
A collection of geology, geophysics and earth science blogs written by (mostly) European geoscientists
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Could radon and one of its radioactive isotopes reliably predict an earthquake?
Radon–thoron isotope concentrations may peak before an earthquake
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What can we learn by listening to the ocean?
From marine earthquakes to dolphins chattering, the ocean rings with noises
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Whistling volcanoes: radio waves in volcanic lightning
Ian Randall reports on the finding that whistler waves can come from volcanoes
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The restless rocks of Racetrack Playa
The rocks in California's Racetrack Playa are on the move, but how? Brian Jackson describes how he and his colleagues solved a decades-old mystery
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