Hidden microcontinent discovered between Canada and Greenland
Scientists have discovered a hidden microcontinent in the Arctic between Canada and Greenland, something they say will help us better
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Spring melt in Whitehorse could bring more landslides, geologist says
The snow in Whitehorse has been steadily melting over the last week or so — and that’s got some people
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What ancient earthquakes along the Denali fault in Yukon can tell us about what could come in Canada
New findings of earthquake recurrence on the Denali Fault line in southwest Yukon are helping researchers get closer to pinpointing when
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Russian Navy maps large area of Arctic seabed
Research vessels operated by Russia’s Northern Fleet have this summer mapped several thousand square kilometers of the Arctic shelf. A
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Rare geological formation near Yellowknife, Northern Canada almost gone
What’s 11,000 years old and likely almost all used up? The sandpits by the Yellowknife airport, in Northern Canada. For
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Russia’s Gazprom cuts spending, creates subsidiary focused on geological survey
The Russian natural gas company cuts investments in mineral exploration by 10 billion rubles and announces the establishment of a
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Diamond believed to be first-ever found in Arctic Finland
What is thought to be the first diamond discovered in Lapland has been confirmed as such. German geologist Kasper von
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New map shows what Bering land bridge looked like 18,000 years ago
Thousands of years ago, a stretch of land connected the continents of Asia and North America, in the place the
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Mystery surrounds only oil well ever drilled in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
With oil development advocates again emboldened by the prospects of cracking open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, a big secret that
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Alaska’s tiny, restless Bogoslof volcano erupts again – and researchers won’t be going there anytime soon
Alaska’s most active volcano, the tiny and tempestuous Bogoslof, erupted again over the weekend, the latest installation in a geologic
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2 Alaska volcanoes erupt just hours apart
An eruption at Bogoslof volcano – one of two to erupt in the Aleutian Islands Tuesday – is its first
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What ‘young’ Arctic rocks tell us about origins of the Earth and Moon
Volcanic rocks from the Canadian Arctic are changing what scientists think about the origins of the Earth and the Moon,
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Scientists ‘cook’ oil from Alaska coal, suggesting exploration opportunities
A laboratory experiment that produced crude oil from bits of Alaska coal has geologists hoping coal-rich areas contain undiscovered pools of
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187.7 carat diamond unearthed in Canada’s North
The largest diamond ever found in Canada made its international debut at an exclusive preview at Kensington Palace in London
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Alaska’s hardest-rocking library: Curating the past on behalf of the future
Tucked away inside a little-known state repository are tens of thousands of boxes filled with rocks that chart the history
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