Sunscreen may have helped ancient Homo sapiens survive magnetic pole shift
University of Michigan researchers link ochre use and tailored clothing to early human protection from cosmic radiation exposure.
South Africa is lifting out of the ocean, scientists propose new explanation
Researchers from the University of Bonn reveal drought-induced land uplift, with South Africa rising two millimetres annually.
Billion-year-old meteor impact in Scotland sparks questions about life on land timeline
Curtin University researchers discovered the impact occurred 200 million years later than previously believed, altering evolutionary timelines.
Oldest climate record: Scientists extract 1.2-million-year-old ice core
Researchers from Ca’ Foscari University of Venice uncover ancient ice, revealing unprecedented climate data from Earth’s past.
North America is dripping from below, geoscientists discover
University of Texas researchers uncover tectonic plate remnants causing cratonic thinning, altering North America’s geological stability.
What makes the ocean glow? Revealing the 400-year mystery of “Milky Seas”
Colorado State University researchers have compiled a database of sightings of the phenomenon over the last 400 years.
Belize’s Great Blue Hole reveals 5,700-year storm archive
30-metre sediment core from the “Great Blue Hole” in Belize provides longest ever recorded storm frequency data for the Atlantic.
How climate change is altering the Earth’s rotation
Researchers at ETH Zurich in Switzerland have found that climate change is affecting Earth’s rotation and length of day due to melting polar ice shifting mass towards the equator.
The rotation of Earth’s inner core has slowed
University of Southern California scientists have measured that the Earth’s inner core is backtracking — slowing down — in relation to the planet’s surface, using seismic data.
Earth’s mysterious D” layer: A relic of ancient oceans and planetary collisions
Researchers from Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research, China, have proposed that the D” layer beneath Earth’s mantle may be remnants from a colossal impact during the planet’s formation.