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Episodic and intense rain brought on by historical international warming

A brand new examine by scientists on the College of Bristol has proven that historical international warming was related to intense rainfall occasions that had a profound impression on the land and coastal seas. Geology News — ScienceDaily

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Napoleon’s defeat at Waterloo brought about partially by Indonesian volcanic eruption

Electrically charged volcanic ash short-circuited Earth’s environment in 1815, inflicting international poor climate and Napoleon’s defeat, says new analysis. Geology News — ScienceDaily

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Siberian volcanic eruptions caused extinction 250 million years ago, new evidence shows

The Great Permian Extinction, which occurred approximately 250 million years ago, was caused by massive volcanic eruptions that led to significant environmental changes, new evidence shows. Geology News — ScienceDaily

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What Caused Mexico’s Latest Earthquakes

A map of the tectonic plate forces that subject Mexico to regular earthquakes. Credit: USGS Another deadly earthquake struck deep under Mexico. Shortly after noon on Tuesday, an earthquake violently shook the area around Mexico City, collapsing numerous buildings into … Continue reading

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Changes in Earth’s crust caused oxygen to fill the atmosphere

New research has uncovered a direct link between changes in the earth’s crust three billion years ago and the introduction of free oxygen to the atmosphere. Without these changes, oxygen could have been suppressed in earth’s crust forever, so the … Continue reading

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Geophysicist: Weight of Harvey Rains Caused Houston to Sink

Houston man Searches Flooded Cars A California geophysicist says the sheer weight of the torrential rains brought by Harvey has caused Houston to sink by 2 cm. Chris Milliner, a postdoctoral fellow at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California … Continue reading

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What Caused the World’s Greatest Extinction?

A quarter of a billion years ago, long before dinosaurs or mammals evolved, the 10-foot (0.3-meter) predator Dinogorgon, whose skull is shown here, hunted floodplains in the heart of today’s South Africa. In less than a million years Dinogorgon vanished … Continue reading

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What caused the world’s greatest extinction?

Researcher offers new clues to what may have triggered the world’s most catastrophic extinction, nearly 252 million years ago. Geology News — ScienceDaily

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Falling Sea Level Caused Volcanoes to Overflow

Model of an island volcano. During the last transition to glacial conditions the decreasing pressure at the seafloor could have induced increased lava- and carbon dioxide emissions. New connections between the solid earth and the climate system Climate evolution shows … Continue reading

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Falling sea level caused volcanoes to overflow

During the transition to the last ice age approximately 80,000 years ago global temperature declined, while the carbon dioxide content of the atmosphere remained relatively stable. Scientists have now discovered that a falling sea level may have caused enhanced volcanic … Continue reading

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