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New tectonic geodynamics textbook bridges scientific disciplines

University of Texas at Austin
Book Announcement

Thorsten Becker, a professor at The University of Texas at Austin’s Jackson School of Geosciences, is the author of a new textbook, “Tectonic Geodynamics. The textbook is the first to integrate tectonics, structural geology, and geodynamics in a single volume. It will be released in November by Princeton University Press and is available for pre-order.

Ocean Sciences Meeting will convene in Glasgow Scotland, February 2026

American Geophysical Union
Meeting Announcement

The biennial Ocean Sciences Meeting, co-sponsored by the American Geophysical Union , the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography , and The Oceanography Society , brings together 6,000 scientists, students, policymakers and educators to discuss breaking research across the ocean sciences and critical issues affecting a sustainable future for our oceans.

Meeting: Ocean Sciences Meeting 2026

Taiwan study analyzes attributes of resilience after major earthquakes

Seismological Society of America
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Resilience is a term often discussed in the face of a natural disaster such as a major earthquake, but the attributes of resilience and how they interact are rarely analyzed, researchers say in a new study published in the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America.

Journal: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Researchers discover massive geo-hydrogen source to the west of the Mussau Trench

Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers from the Institute of Oceanology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and their collaborators discovered and analyzed a large pipe swarm—a cluster of cylindrical geological structures—with remnants of hydrogen hydrothermal activity on the east Caroline Plate, west of the Mussau Trench.

Journal: Science Advances

150-million-year post-mortem reveals baby pterosaurs perished in a violent storm

University of Leicester
Peer-Reviewed Publication

University of Leicester scientists have identified two extraordinary new fossils - tiny prehistoric flying reptiles, pterosaurs, with broken wings. Smashed from the sky 150 million years ago by tropical storms, these hatchlings were rapidly buried at the bottom of a lagoon in fine muds whipped up by the same storm that killed them. This pair of ‘tragedies’ solves an age-old mystery – why are small, young pterosaurs so beautifully preserved in the Solnhofen Limestones, while larger older individuals are known only from fragments.

Journal: Current Biology
Funder: Central England NERC Training Alliance (CENTA)

Ghost sharks grow forehead teeth to help them have sex

University of Florida
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Male “ghost sharks” — eerie deep-sea fish known as chimaeras that are related to sharks and rays — have a strange rod jutting from their foreheads, studded with sharp, retractable teeth. New research reveals these are not merely lookalikes, but real rows of teeth that grow outside the mouth.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

AI model reveals hidden earthquake swarms and faults in Italy’s Campi Flegrei

Stanford University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new AI model detects thousands of previously unseen earthquakes in near real time, helping scientists understand changes in an Italian volcanic area where earthquakes have been intensifying since 2018.

Journal: Science
Funder: Dipartimental Project LOVE-CF, Pianeta Dinamico project Nemesis, Stanford University Doerr School of Sustainability Discovery Grant, RETURN Extended Partnership, European Union Next-GenerationEU

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