Around 250 million years ago, at the end of the Permian geologic period, there was a mass extinction so severe that it remains the most traumatic known species die-off in Earth's history. Although the cause of this event ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 9, 2012
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Animals require oxygen, but oxygenated environments were rare on early Earth. New research from University of Southern Denmark shows that poisonous sulfide existed in the oceans 750 million years ago making large areas of ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 24, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The discovery of the mineral jarosite in rocks analyzed by the Mars Rover, Opportunity, on the Martian surface had special meaning for a team of Syracuse University scientists who study the mineral here on ...
Space Exploration
Oct 20, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The Sylhet Traps lava flows of the Shillong Plateau in northeastern India lie some 340 miles to the east of the Rajmahal Traps at the bend of the Ganges River as it flows south to the Bay of Bengal. Almost ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 19, 2011
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Fresh research into glaciers could help scientists better predict the impact of changing climates on global sea levels.
Earth Sciences
Jul 12, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have for the first time shown a link between intensifying climate events and tectonic plate movement in findings that could provide a valuable insight into why huge tremors occur.
Earth Sciences
Apr 13, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- By studying fossilized mollusks from some 3.5 million years ago, UCLA geoscientists and colleagues have been able to construct an ancient climate record that holds clues about the long-term effects of Earth's ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 8, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A Michigan Technological University researcher may have solved a long-standing mystery in earth science studies. In Siberia there exist stepped, large-scale basaltic formations known as “traps.” “Nobody ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 22, 2010
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Plate tectonics may not have operated on a younger and hotter Earth according to new research from the University of Bristol carried out on preserved remnants of ancient continental crust in the Hudson Bay region of Canada.
Earth Sciences
Sep 13, 2010
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A new study of the High Arctic climate roughly 50 million years ago led by the University of Colorado at Boulder helps to explain how ancient alligators and giant tortoises were able to thrive on Ellesmere Island well above ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 24, 2010
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