马里亚纳海沟位于太平洋板块向菲律宾海板块俯冲的汇聚边界。其中南段的"挑战者深渊"水深逾 10900米，不仅比北段深约 ...

A study published in the journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters has uncovered evidence of an extreme ancient solar storm that struck Earth over 14,000 years ago, during the waning days of the ...

A new study by The University of Texas at Austin has demonstrated a possible link between life on Earth and the movement of continents. The findings show that sediment, which is often comprised from ...

Ancient Scottish rocks prove Earth had seasons and climate cycles even during Snowball Earth period despite near total ...

Scientists at the University of Southampton have uncovered evidence from ancient rocks that Earth's climate continued to ...

A new international study published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters reveals that the boundaries between geological epochs and periods, even though randomly distributed, follow a hidden, ...

Relative plate motions and plate boundary geometries are from Cao et al. (2024), with plate motions placed in a mantle reference frame. Continents are light grey, with continental margins shown in ...

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Published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters, this study has reconstructed sea level variations over the past 540 million years in unprecedented detail. This breakthrough allows scientists to ...

Researchers discovered a new field of ancient tektites in South Australia, revealing a long-forgotten asteroid impact. These 11-million-year-old glass fragments differ chemically and geographically ...