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PARIS, France — A top panel of geologists has decided not to grant the 'human age' its own distinct place in Earth's geological timeline after disagreeing over when exactly our era might have begun.
MANILA, Philippines — Geologists from the University of the Philippines (UP) found evidence of a potential energy source in the Manila Trench: gas hydrates, or ice-like substances mostly composed of methane.
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) yesterday ordered the implementation of a temporary closure order earlier issued against a resort at the Chocolate Hills in Bohol amid viral social media posts of a swimming pool built right at the foot of the declared National Geological Monument.
KOCHI: It took them four years. But researchers from the geology department of Kerala University have hit paydirt - all, as science calls it, melt-rocks, which are parts of a meteorite. The site is the hamlet of Luna, in Kutch, Gujarat.Radiocarbon dating of these melt-rocks show the meteorite impact may have happened around 6,900 years ago, roughly the period the Indus Valley civilizationwas flourishing in this area.
A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck off the coast of the southern Philippines early Monday, the United States Geological Survey said, the latest in a slew of strong quakes all concentrated in the same area.
Two powerful earthquakes have hit the Philippines' second-largest island of Mindanao, prompting initial fears of a potential «destructive tsunami».
A 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck the eastern parts of the Philippines on Saturday, triggering tsunami advisories across the region and as far as the southern part of Japan, nearly 2,000 miles away.