Geology & Geophysics News

LSU Rover to Hunt Hidden Ice on Mars and the Moon
LSU researchers are developing a rover to ‘prospect’ for ice on the Moon and Mars, in support of NASA’s Moon to Mars Program.

Earth’s Crust Is Tearing Apart Off the Pacific Northwest — and That’s Not Necessarily Bad News
With unprecedented clarity, scientists have directly observed a subduction zone—the collision point where one tectonic plate dives beneath another—actively breaking apart. The discovery, reported in Science Advances, sheds new light on how Earth’s surface evolves and raises fresh questions about future earthquake risks in the Pacific Northwest.
