Giant 11,000-Carat Ruby Found in Myanmar Could Be Worth a Fortune. Via @sciencealert #Geology #RocksForJocks #EarthScience

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Giant 11,000-Carat Ruby Found in Myanmar Could Be Worth a Fortune

A huge 11,000-carat ruby has been discovered in Myanmar, state media reported Friday, one of the largest ever found in the country renowned for its precious gemstones.

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Volcanic Eruption at Indonesiaโ€™s Mount Dukono Takes the Lives of 3 Hikers, Sends Ash Plume Skyward. Via @discover.magazine #seismology #EarthScience #RocksForJocks #Geology #Volcanology ๐ŸŒ‹

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@NASA Satellite Reveals Just How Fast Mexico City Is Sinking. Via @sciencealert #EarthScience #Geology #RocksForJocks #seismology #NASA

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NASA Satellite Reveals Just How Fast Mexico City Is Sinking

MEXICO CITY (AP) โ€“ Mexico City is sinking by nearly 10 inches (about 25 centimeters) a year, according to new satellite imagery released this week by NASA, making it one of the world's fastest-subsiding metropolises.

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Forecasting volcanic eruptions across scales. Via @sciencemagazine #EarthScience #RocksForJocks #Geology #Volcanology ๐ŸŒ‹

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Scientists Solve The Mystery of How The Twelve Apostles Formed. Via @sciencealert #Geology #RocksForJocks #EarthScience

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Scientists Solve The Mystery of How The Twelve Apostles Formed

Every year, millions of visitors stand at the clifftop lookouts along Victoria's Great Ocean Road and gaze out at the Twelve Apostles.

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Africa Is Splitting Apart Faster Than We Thought, Forming a New Ocean. Via @sciencealert #Geology #RocksForJocks #EarthScience #seismology

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Africa Is Splitting Apart Faster Than We Thought, Forming a New Ocean

Geologists have discovered that the African continent will split apart sooner than we thought.

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Around 12,900 Years Ago, a Cluster of Volcanic Eruptions May Have Triggered a Sudden Ice Age. Via @discover.magazine #EarthScience #RocksForJocks #Geology #Volcanology ๐ŸŒ‹

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Yellowstone's volcano may be fueled in a very different way than we thought. Via @live_science #seismology #EarthScience #RocksForJocks #Geology #Volcanology ๐ŸŒ‹

Yellowstone's volcano may be f...
Yellowstone's volcano may be fueled in a very different way than we thought

Yellowstone eruptions may be driven by shifts in Earth's crust, rather than a deep well of magma, study finds.

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Is Venus volcanically active? Big Hawaiian eruption in 2022 could help scientists find out. Via @spacedotcom #Space #Astrophysics #OrbitalMechanics #Astronomy ๐Ÿš€ ๐ŸŒŒ โ˜„๏ธ ๐Ÿ›ฐ๏ธ #seismology #EarthScience #RocksForJocks #Geology #Volcanology ๐ŸŒ‹

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Is Venus volcanically active? Big Hawaiian eruption in 2022 could help scientists find out

"Knowing how lava cools enables scientists to better constrain our models when we find active volcanoes on other planets."

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Mount Etna is like no other volcano on Earth, representing 'a new type of volcanism,' new research reveals. Via @live_science #Geology #RocksForJocks #EarthScience #Volcanology ๐ŸŒ‹

Mount Etna is like no other vo...
Mount Etna is like no other volcano on Earth, representing 'a new type of volcanism,' new research reveals

Mount Etna's strange lava has long perplexed scientists, but new research reveals that the volcano formed in a bizarre way โ€” making it unlike any other known volcano on Earth.

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