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geology
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Why 90% of Fossils Are Missing
Scientists are piecing together the past by understanding the fossils that are not there as much as the ones that are.
This Rock Is Older Than the Solar System
Containing the building blocks of DNA and stardust older than the Sun, the Murchison meteorite offers an unprecedented glimpse into the origins of our solar system and life itself.
Scientists find ‘slow quakes’ act as both trigger and shock absorber
New research reveals that mysterious “slow earthquakes” deep beneath the ocean can both release tectonic pressure harmlessly and trigger major seismic events dangerously.
Age of oldest known human footprints in Americas confirmed by new study
By analyzing ancient mud, scientists have added a powerful new line of evidence confirming that humans walked in North America during the peak of the last ice age.
The Making of Mount Everest
The Himalayas, once a shallow sea bed, rose due to tectonic collisions, resulting in a dramatic shift in…
Limestone and iron reveal puzzling extreme rain in Western Australia 100,000 years ago
Limestone pinnacles of the Nambung National Park karst. Matej Lipar Almost one-sixth of Earth’s land surface is covered…
A rhino died after a volcano erupted. Something remarkable was left behind.
A rhino-shaped cavity in pillow basalt near Blue Lake formed when lava cooled around a rhino carcass 15…
What Will Earth Look Like In the Future?
Humans have become the first species in history capable of predicting global changes ahead of time, allowing us…
What the Anthropocene’s critics overlook – and why it really should be a new geological epoch
Simon Turner, UCL; Colin Waters, University of Leicester; Jan Zalasiewicz, University of Leicester, and Martin J. Head, Brock…