There is a mystery in Earth's ancient past, and the clues lie in the desert rocks of Australia and other ancient places.
Earth Sciences
May 1, 2018
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Mars may now be considered a barren, icy desert but did Earth's nearest neighbour once harbour life?
Space Exploration
Jul 11, 2020
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The inner core of the Earth is simultaneously melting and freezing due to circulation of heat in the overlying rocky mantle, according to new research from the University of Leeds, UC San Diego and the Indian Institute of ...
Earth Sciences
May 18, 2011
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A team of researchers affiliated with a host of institutions in France has recorded the details and characteristics of an undersea volcano that was born in 2018. In their paper published in the journal Nature Geoscience, ...
North America traveled in fast company back in its youth.
Earth Sciences
Feb 4, 2015
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A team of researchers including Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego geophysicist Dave Stegman has developed a new theory to explain the global motions of tectonic plates on the earth's surface.
Earth Sciences
Jul 16, 2010
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About 700 million years ago, the Earth experienced unusual episodes of global cooling that geologists refer to as "Snowball Earth."
Earth Sciences
May 7, 2018
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Utrecht University geologist Suzanna van de Lagemaat has reconstructed a massive and previously unknown tectonic plate that was once one-quarter the size of the Pacific Ocean. Her colleagues in Utrecht had predicted its existence ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 9, 2023
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Deep under the ocean bed, a sinking tectonic plate causes a "swarm" of earthquakes, feeding molten rock into newly forming volcanoes, new research has discovered.
Earth Sciences
Jun 18, 2019
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A team of geologists led by João Duarte gave a presentation at this past month's European Geosciences Union meeting that included a suggestion that the Horseshoe Abyssal Plain may represent the start of a new subduction ...
