The North Pole is Moving And We Don’t Know Why

Earth’s magnetic north pole is changing rapidly. First, it’s moving around quickly (for a geological feature, at least). Second, it seems to be slowly weakening over time, and also a growing number of anomalies have been detected in the Earth’s magnetic field. Let’s take a look.

Huge Gravity Anomaly Discovered!

Scientists just found a massive 7,000 kilometer-long gravitational anomaly off the coast of Africa in data from a NASA satellite. The anomaly occurred from 2006 to 2008 and has now disappeared. What caused it? Let’s have a look.

Africa Is Getting a New Ocean, And We Finally Know Why

The African continental plate is cracking and will probably get a new ocean. Geologists can see the cracks forming in real time but it has so far remained unclear just what is causing this. In a new paper that just appeared, scientists say they have figured out what is going on. And that also gives us a clue to what might happen next.

This Is Why China Wants To Drill Through The Earth’s Crust

China is investing in drilling, big time. The Chinese government recently completed a 10-kilometer borehole in the Tarim Basin, and has also launched a drillship that intends to drill into the Earth’s mantle through the seabed. If successful, it’d be the first to ever reach the mantle, after the Americans abandoned a similar project 50 years ago. Let’s take a look at both of these projects and what they’re expecting to gain through them.

The USA is crumbling at the bottom and sinking

According to multiple recently published studies, the U.S. is collapsing, not politically, but geologically. The continental plate of North America is dripping down into the Earth’s mantle, some areas of the U.S. are sinking due to the over-extraction of groundwater, and the next earthquake in the Cascadia region might sink the coast of California.