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.
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.
In the pinball world of asteroids, a mudball meteorite avoided collisions
An international research team now believes that Aguas Zarcas is strong because it avoided collisions in space and did not have the cracks that weaken many meteorites.
World’s oldest impact crater found, rewriting Earth’s ancient history
Curtin University researchers have identified a 3.5-billion-year-old crater in the Pilbara, Western Australia, suggesting meteorite impacts shaped Earth’s early crust.
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.
Geologists discover rocks with the oldest evidence yet of Earth’s magnetic field
Researchers at MIT in the USA and Oxford University in the UK have discovered ancient rocks in Greenland that could extend the known timeline of Earth’s magnetic field.
Boom, crackle, pop: Sounds of Earth’s crust
From Massachusetts Institute of Technology 17/10/23 If you could sink through the Earth’s crust, you might hear, with a carefully tuned ear, a cacophany of booms and crackles along the way. The fissures, pores, and defects running through rocks are like strings that resonate when pressed and stressed. And as a team of MIT geologists […]