Powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake in Japan triggers tsunami warning ..read more

Unbelievable ‘Aquamarine’ Crystal  This one is amazing not only for its size, but for its large flat ‘preserved’ termination {0001}. Locality: The legendary 1997 pocket at Medina, Minas Gerais, Brazil Collector: Gene Meieran Video Copyright © Alan Hart/Gem-A/Instagram Geology Page www.geologypage.com ..read more

Exploring the Beauty and Mystery of Flower Agate | Geology Page ..read more

Comura Trilobite | #Geology #GeologyPage #Trilobite #Fossil Comura is a trilobite in the order Phacopida that existed during the lower Devonian in what is now Eifel, Germany ..read more

Fossils of giant sea lizard with dagger-like teeth show how our oceans have fundamentally changed since the dinosaur era | Geology Page Fossils of giant sea lizard with dagger-like teeth show how our oceans have fundamentally changed since the dinosaur era | #Geology #GeologyPage #Fossil Paleontologists have discovered a strange new species of marine lizard with dagger-like teeth that lived near the end of the age of dinosaurs. Read More: https://www.geologypage.com/2024/03/fossils-of-giant-sea-lizard-with-dagger-like-teeth-show-how-our-oceans-have-fundamentally-changed-since-the-dinosaur-era ..read more

Earth’s earliest forest revealed in Somerset fossils | Geology Page Earth’s earliest forest revealed in Somerset fossils | #Geology #GeologyPage #Fossil The oldest fossilised forest known on Earth — dating from 390 million years ago — has been found in the high sandstone cliffs along the Devon and Somerset coast of South West England. Read More: https://www.geologypage.com/2024/03/earths-earliest-forest-revealed-in-somerset-fossils.html ..read more

Mercury rising: Study sheds new light on ancient volcanoes’ environmental impact | Geology Page Mercury rising: Study sheds new light on ancient volcanoes’ environmental impact | #Geology #GeologyPage #volcano Massive volcanic events in Earth’s history that released large amounts of carbon into the atmosphere frequently correlate with periods of severe environmental change and mass extinctions. Read More: https://www.geologypage.com/2024/03/mercury-rising-study-sheds-new-light-on-ancient-volcanoes-environmental-impact.html ..read more

Surprising insights about debris flows on Mars | Geology Page Surprising insights about debris flows on Mars | #Geology #GeologyPage #Mars The period that liquid water was present on the surface of Mars may have been shorter than previously thought. Channel landforms called gullies, previously thought to be formed exclusively by liquid water, can also be formed by the action of evaporating CO2 ice. Read More: https://www.geologypage.com/2024/03/surprising-insights-about-debris-flows-on-mars.html ..read more

Sulfur and the origin of life | Geology Page Sulfur and the origin of life | #Geology #GeologyPage A University of Arizona-led study shines a spotlight on sulfur, a chemical element that, while all familiar, has proved surprisingly resistant to scientific efforts in probing its role in the origin of life. Read More: https://www.geologypage.com/2024/03/sulfur-and-the-origin-of-life.html ..read more

Sampling a molten Lava on Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii | #Geology #geologypage #Lava  #volcano #Hawai   On September 11, 2023, Hawaiian Volcano Observatory geologists conducted an overflight to study a new eruption in the Kīlauea summit caldera, focusing on the east part of Halemaʻumaʻu crater and the adjacent downdropped block formed in the 2018 collapse, with a safe location identified for collecting a molten sample to understand magma characteristics, requiring permission and coordination with Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park. Geology Page  www.geologypage.com ..read more