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Almost the whole of Japan moved eastward after 2011 earthquake

An extremely unusual tectonic movement took place 15 minutes after the Tohoku earthquake in 2011, causing almost the whole of Japan to move 5 millimetres to the east

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Dinosaur-killing asteroid impact site stayed hot for millions of years

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A new tectonic plate boundary could be forming in southern Africa

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The 50-year quest to create a quantum spin liquid may finally be over

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The 50-year quest to create a quantum spin liquid may finally be over

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Dinosaurs could survive in cold conditions, as illustrated by Beipiaosaurus, a feathered dinosaur that lived between 127 and 121 million years ago

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Giant Arctic continent launched dinosaurs to world domination

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Huge hot blobs inside Earth may have made its magnetic field wonky

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Nepal and Northern India are not overdue for a huge earthquake

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FKE16F Ladram Bay. Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site. Devon. UK.

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The Whispers of Rock is a personal journey through aeons of geology

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2Y7EFN0 The Bell on Bell Island, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada

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The captivating story that Earth’s ‘boring’ layered rocks tell us

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Environment

We could get most metals for clean energy without opening new mines

An analysis of active US mines finds they already collect virtually all of the minerals the country needs for batteries, solar panels and wind turbines – but these critical minerals mostly go to waste

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We've found that a new type of rock is forming from old slag heaps

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Underwater volcanic brine pools could be home to extreme life forms

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Ancient rocks show earliest evidence of tectonic activity on Earth

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Earth’s mantle may have hidden plumes venting heat from its core

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