An artist’s rendition of Titan’s landscape features a hazy atmosphere, dark dunes, and mirror-smooth lakes and seas that resemble Earth’s. On these bodies of liquid…
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Light microscope images of euglenoid cysts from the Triassic-Jurassic boundary (approx. 200 million years old) in the Schandelah-1 core in Germany (left) and from Triassic…
Image shows astronaut-geologist Harrison H. Schmitt standing next to a huge lunar boulder during NASA’s Apollo 17 mission in 1972. The scientists in this research…
A study reveals subsidence issues on the U.S. East Coast, affecting over 2 million people and numerous infrastructures. Areas like Norfolk, Baltimore, and parts of…
Active dripstone formation in a side area of the “Kleine Teufelshöhle.” Credit: KIT (taken as part of the HEiKA Project Check Extrema) Researchers from Heidelberg…
A new study highlights Africa’s severe air pollution crisis and calls for urgent, collaborative action involving global and regional stakeholders. Solutions proposed include air quality…
Terahertz (THz) spectroscopy is an emerging tool in oil shale resource evaluation, offering various applications such as oil identification and THz dating. Scientists are researching…
MIT researchers have discovered that smectite, a clay mineral formed from plate tectonics, can sequester carbon effectively, influencing global climate over millennia. Their findings suggest…
Researchers discovered that the Earth’s lower mantle becomes more viscous at depths of 800 to 1,200 kilometers, due to bridgmanite-enriched rocks. These rocks, with larger…
Human interaction with the moon, starting with the USSR’s Luna 2 in 1959, has led to significant changes in the lunar environment. Researchers at the…
Prof. Magdalena Osburn removes a sample during a site visit in August. Credit: Sanford Underground Research Facility A former goldmine serves as a gateway to…
Artist’s impression of Theia colliding with the Earth billions of years ago. Credit: Hongping Deng and Hangzhou Sphere Studio New research suggests that large remnants…
Recent research highlights the growing threat of lightning-induced wildfires in boreal forests due to climate change. The study, involving global collaboration and utilizing machine learning,…
Recent research has shown that the formation of greenalite in ancient oceans played a crucial role in determining the availability of certain metals, such as…
Illustration of silica crystals coming out from the liquid metal of the Earth’s outer core due to a water-induced chemical reaction. Credit: Dan Shim/ASU A…
New research reveals that lightning ignitions are a major cause of wildfires in intact extratropical forests. Utilizing machine learning, the study found that 77% of…
Past global warming events offer insights into natural mechanisms that regulated Earth’s climate, such as rock weathering, which reduced atmospheric carbon dioxide. Today, enhancing rock…
Ancient superdeep diamonds from Brazil and Western Africa, formed between 650 and 450 million years ago beneath the supercontinent Gondwana, have offered new insights into…
Researchers have discovered a previously unknown climate mechanism during the Cretaceous period, linking continental movement with disruptions in ocean currents that affected temperature gradients. This…
This image shows the warmest month average temperature (degrees Celsius) for Earth and the projected supercontinent (Pangea Ultima) in 250 million years, when it would…