Geology

Study suggests that nature played a role in the origins of the Great Sphinx

The Great Sphinx of Giza is a limestone statue of a reclining sphinx, a mythical creature characterised by the combination of a human head and a lion's body.

Geological puzzle of lost continent of Argoland solved

Approximately 155 million years ago, a 5000 km piece of continent broke off from western Australia, leaving behind a basin hidden below the ocean known as the Argo Abyssal Plain.

The Cave of Crystals

The Cave of Crystals is a large chamber containing giant crystals in the Naica Mine, located in Mexico’s State of Chihuahua.

Meteorite crater found in Southern France

Researchers from Goethe University Frankfurt have found a meteorite crater in the grounds of a winery near the town of Béziers in Southern France.

The Eye of the Sahara

The Eye of the Sahara, also known as the Richat Structure and the Eye of Africa, is a geological feature in the Sahara Desert’s Adrar Plateau, located in west–central Islamic Republic of Mauritania.

Researchers pinpoint date and rate of Earth’s most extreme extinction

The most severe mass extinction on Earth occurred 250 million years ago, but what's eluded researchers is the specific time when the extinctions happened.

Aquae Sulis under threat from proposed drilling

The ancient Roman City of Aquae Sulis is threatened by the process of "fracking".

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