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A photo of a snowy mountain range with a Moroccan building in the foreground

'Upwelling' deep in the mantle triggered magnitude 6.8 Morocco earthquake

By Rebecca Owen, Eos.org published

Researchers found the 2023 Morocco earthquake was triggered by movement miles below Earth's surface.

Earthquakes
A scenic photo of the Andean plateau with a lake and mountains in the background

Andes region formed in 4 stages over the last 24 million years, new modeling study suggests

By Nathaniel Scharping, Eos.org published

Paleostress modeling shows how a region of the Andean Plateau was uplifted and formed beginning more than 20 million years ago.

Geology
Solar eclipse through misty clouds and a dark sky.

Why low-level clouds vanish during a solar eclipse

By Katherine Kornei, Eos.org published

Cumulus clouds rapidly dissipate as the land surface cools. This isn't just good news for eclipse chasers on April 8, but also has implications for sun-obscuring geoengineering efforts.

The Sun
Island paradise.

'Imagine a lush tropical island slipping beneath the waves': Drowned island the size of Iceland found off Brazil

By Eos.org, Erin Martin-Jones published

An undersea volcanic plateau in the southwestern Atlantic was a tropical island 45 million years ago.

Planet Earth
Hiroshima, Japan, after the atomic bomb attack of 8 August 1945 showing the Genbaku Dome.

Hiroshima fallout may offer a glimpse of the early solar system

By Nathaniel Scharping, Eos.org published

Bits of glass called Hiroshimaites may have formed by processes similar to those that formed the sun and the planets.

The Sun
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