Geology

Rock, plates, and deep time — how the solid Earth forms, moves, and records its past.

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Earth & Climate Geology

Earth's inner core is as hot as the Sun's surface — yet solid

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Earth & Climate Geology

The oldest piece of Earth is a crystal older than the rocks around it

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Earth & Climate Geology

Mount Everest is not the tallest mountain on Earth — Mauna Kea is

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Earth & Climate Geology

A weatherman saw that the continents had once fit together

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Earth & Climate Geology

Continents drift apart only a few centimeters a year

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Earth & Climate Geology

Mount Everest is still growing taller

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On this day in Geology

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7 Mar 1912

Earth & Climate Geology

Roald Amundsen announced reaching the South Pole

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16 May 1975

Earth & Climate Geology

Junko Tabei becomes the first woman to summit Mount Everest

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28 May 1953

Earth & Climate Geology

Hillary and Tenzing pitch the highest camp in history for their Everest bid

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29 May 1953

Earth & Climate Geology

Hillary and Tenzing become the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest

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6 Jan 1912

Earth & Climate Geology

Alfred Wegener proposes continental drift

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26 Feb 1919

Earth & Climate Geology

The Grand Canyon becomes a national park

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17 Aug 1896

Earth & Climate Geology

Klondike gold claims were staked on Bonanza Creek

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