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Marine Geology
Marine Geology: the study of the history and structure of the ocean floor. It involves geophysical, geochemical, sedimentological and paleontological investigations of the ocean floor and coastal zone. Marine geology has strong ties to geophysics and to physical oceanography. The oceans cover more than 70% of Earth, and water obscures a wealth of information about the rocks and sediments (particles of rock, sand, and other material) in the ocean basins. Marine geologists rely mainly on physical techniques to uncover the features and processes of the seafloor. The ocean basins hold keys to understanding the two most important theories of geological science: plate tectonics and the sedimentary record of geologic history.
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AUG 27, 2025Earth & The Environment
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Oxygen production is no longer exclusive to photosynthetic organisms. Scientists discover minerals on the ocean floor th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 18, 2024Earth & The Environment
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A recent study published in the journal Geology and led by researchers at the University of Hawai’I (UH) examines ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 11, 2023Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences examines how movements throughout the 36 ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUN 28, 2023Earth & The Environment
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In a recent study published in Nature, a team of researchers led by Equinor US examine how the Bakken Shale Formation lo ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 23, 2023Earth & The Environment
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Mercury, the first planet from the Sun - The Forgotten Planet. With the search for life beyond Earth primarily focusing ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 27, 2025
Earth & The Environment
What can fossil records teach scientists about ancient ecosystems and marine environments? This is what a recent study p
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUN 09, 2025
Earth & The Environment
How can ship anchors affect Antarctic ecosystems? This is what a recent study published in Frontiers in Conservation Sci
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAY 28, 2025
Earth & The Environment
What processes are contributing to the global oceans reducing the depths where sunlight reaches, also called ocean darke
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAY 13, 2025
Plants & Animals
Deep sea ecosystems are some of the most mysterious and unexplored regions of the Earth that reside more than 650 feet b
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAY 06, 2025
Earth & The Environment
Scientists long wondered whether there were places on Earth where extremely hot material from the core of the Earth move
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 02, 2025
Earth & The Environment
Scientists have made a surprising discovery about the formation of rock. It seems that industrial waste known as slag th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 24, 2025
Earth & The Environment
What can volcanism on the early Earth teach us about the formation of life on our planet? This is what a recent study pu
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 05, 2025
Earth & The Environment
New research has analyzed melt patterns on the Greenland Ice Sheet. This study determined that cracks are opening up fas
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 27, 2024
Earth & The Environment
What can deep ocean life teach us about finding life on other worlds? This is what a recent study published in Nature Ge
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 18, 2024
Microbiology
There are microbial communities thriving at the depths of Antarctic lakes where conditions are so harsh, very little els
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 28, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Oxygen production is no longer exclusive to photosynthetic organisms. Scientists discover minerals on the ocean floor th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 18, 2024
Earth & The Environment
The planet has many interconnected cycles. A new study in Science has examined the role of inorganic Zinc (Zn) in the bi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 23, 2024
Earth & The Environment
New research has determined that a type of fishing known as bottom trawling is a major, and unaccounted for source of ca
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 20, 2023
Earth & The Environment
On Monday, December 18,2023 a volcano erupted about four kilometers (2.5 miles) away from a town called Grindavik in sou
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 07, 2023
Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in the journal Geology and led by researchers at the University of Hawai’I (UH) examines
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 11, 2023
Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences examines how movements throughout the 36
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUN 28, 2023
Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in Nature Geoscience examines how seafloor mountains and volcanoes—also known as seamount
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 21, 2023
Earth & The Environment
In a recent study published in Nature, a team of researchers led by Equinor US examine how the Bakken Shale Formation lo
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 23, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Along the coast of Dorset, England, is a geologic wonder called the Charmouth Mudstone Formation. Here, you can fin
...
Written By:
Mandy Woods
FEB 23, 2023
Space & Astronomy
Labroots has rich history of examining Mars in great detail, including its suite of awesome geologic formations, stunnin
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 01, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers were able to take advantage of "an incredibly unique opportunity" to study the microbial life that rapidly c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 13, 2023
Earth & The Environment
New research suggests a better time frame for when the Bering Land Bridge formed and flooded, and when humans migrated a
...
Written By:
Brittany Kenyon-Flatt
MAR 17, 2022
Space & Astronomy
Venus, the second planet from the Sun – The Deceptive Planet. Often known as the “morning star” and &l
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 10, 2022
Space & Astronomy
Mercury, the first planet from the Sun - The Forgotten Planet. With the search for life beyond Earth primarily focusing
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc