At last, a theory about why Denver is a mile above sea level
Geologists may finally be able to explain why Denver, the Mile High City, is a mile high: water.
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Uranium isotopes reveal age and origin of volcanic rocks
From the beginning of time, uranium has been part of the Earth and, thanks to its long-lived radioactivity, it has proven ideal to date geological processes and deduce Earth's evolution. Natural uranium consists of two long-lived ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 20, 2015
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Study hints that ancient Earth made its own water—geologically
A new study is helping to answer a longstanding question that has recently moved to the forefront of earth science: Did our planet make its own water through geologic processes, or did water come to us via icy comets from ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 17, 2014
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Deep-earth carbon offers clues on origin of life on Earth
New findings by a Johns Hopkins University-led team reveal long unknown details about carbon deep beneath the Earth's surface and suggest ways this subterranean carbon might have influenced the history of life on the planet.
Earth Sciences
Nov 20, 2014
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Geo-researchers making diamonds out of odd materials, including peanut butter
(Phys.org) —A team of researchers working in a lab at the Bayerisches Geoinstitut in German is seeking to learn the true composition of Earth's interior, BBC Future reports, and they aren't afraid to resort to stunts to ...
Mantle plumes crack continents
Using a simulation with an unprecedentedly high resolution, Earth scientists from University of Paris VI and ETH Zurich have shown that magma columns in the Earth's interior can cause continental breakup—but only if the ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 4, 2014
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Scientists detect evidence of 'oceans worth' of water in Earth's mantle
Researchers have found evidence of a potential "ocean's worth" of water deep beneath the United States.
Earth Sciences
Aug 22, 2014
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Our planet's most abundant mineral now has a name
Deep below the earth's surface lies a thick, rocky layer called the mantle, which makes up the majority of our planet's volume. For decades, scientists have known that most of the lower mantle is a silicate mineral with a ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 18, 2014
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Scientists may have identified echoes of ancient Earth
A group of scientists believe that a previously unexplained isotopic ratio from deep within the Earth may be a signal from material from the time before the Earth collided with another planet-sized body, leading to the creation ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 9, 2014
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Ancient rocks yield clues about Earth's earliest crust
(Phys.org) —It looks like just another rock, but what Jesse Reimink holds in his hands is a four-billion-year-old chunk of an ancient protocontinent that holds clues about how the Earth's first continents formed.
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May 29, 2014
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