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Europe's most powerful waterfall to have formed after three short but violent flooding events

According to a recent study, published in the Journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), three fierce flooding events, separated by thousands of years, are responsible for the for...

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Tongan volcano activity forms island in the Pacific [Video]

A new island is being formed in the Pacific Ocean as a result of volcanic eruption. The volcanic activity is caught on video by experts who approached the spot by boat, in an effort to investigate the...

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Have a look at 2014's Top Geological Events!

At the beginning of the New Year, here are the top geological events for 2014, as reported by the Weather Channel! They include five major earthquakes, six volcano eruptions and three landslides, occu...

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The Niagara Falls without water? [Photogallery]

A collection of photos showing the Niagara Falls drained from water are presented below. Water flow was diverted as part of a project to examine the geology of the falls back in 1969.  In the...

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Richat: The Giant Blue Eye of Africa

The Richat Structure, also known as the Eye of the Sahara or blue eye of Africa, is a peculiar geological formation in the Sahara desert in Mauritania near Ouadane. Due to its size, the Eye...

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Photos: Invisible cave discovered in Slovakia

Three Slovakian hikers claim to have found an unexplored cave, while walking in the forest close to the village of Borka in Slovakia. One of them, photographer Robert Nemeti took pictures from inside...

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Tunnels as tall as the Eiffel Tower discovered under ice layer in Antarctica

Scientists have discovered tunnels beneath thick ice layers in Antarctica, which are comparable in height to the Eiffel Tower. Their discovery was made possible by radars, mounted on planes, as well a...

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Massive crack appears in Mexican ground, geological investigations are in progress

An enormous crack emerged between the Costa de Hermosillo and the coast, in Sonora, northwest Mexico, baffling the locals and initiating geological investigations to explain what caused the fissu...

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