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Megalorchestia corniculata, one of six major species of sand hoppers in California

Tiny beach-dwelling crustaceans are big-time sand movers, shaping the California coast

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Tonga Eruption
A view of the columnar basalt forming Devils Postpile

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The View from Above

Career Inspiration Ahead

The Volcano Down the Road

Losing Rivers

The Geology Around Us

Lessons from a Cooling Climate

Strangely Ordinary Strata

The Great Unconformity

Fire from the Sky

The Mother of Plate Tectonics
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