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Canadian lake selected as site to mark the start of the Anthropocene

Geologists hoping to declare a new epoch dominated by humanity’s influence on Earth have chosen Crawford Lake in Canada as the location where the start of the Anthropocene is defined

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A map of Earth's gravity

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There's a gravity 'hole' in the Indian Ocean and now we may know why

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Dried-up lake may explain why California is 'overdue' major earthquake

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Why is China drilling a hole more than 10,000 metres deep?

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Oxygen on early Earth may have come from quartz crushed by earthquakes

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The evidence was found in a group of sedimentary and volcanic rocks in western Australia

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Earliest evidence of a meteorite hitting Earth found in Australia

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Reconstruction of Earth's surface 90 million years ago, showing North America, Europe and Africa fragmented

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Watch how the continents have shifted over the past 100 million years

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An aerial shot of Li River and Mashan Mountain in Yangshuo County, Guilin

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Earth's 'geological thermostat' is too slow to prevent climate change

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Illustration of Earth's structure showing the core

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Earthquakes suggest Earth's core has started spinning more slowly

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The Slumgullion landslide

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Landslides can be triggered by small changes in atmospheric pressure

We knew earthquakes and heavy rain could initiate landslides, but now it seems alterations in atmospheric pressure can do it too if combined with certain conditions on the ground

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Strange hexagonal diamonds found in meteorite from another planet

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A second asteroid may have struck Earth when the dinosaurs died out

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Ancient Aboriginal rock art may reveal how Australia's climate changed

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Meteorite from Mars traced to crater where it was ejected by impact

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