The Teton Fault System Creates the Foundation The Teton Fault began moving approximately 10 million years ago, triggering a ...
Sedimentary rocks have unveiled a fascinating chapter in Earth’s geological history, revealing ancient ocean floor cooling.
The South Atlantic Anomaly, a strange dip in the Earth's magnetic field, has grown rapidly over the last eleven years, new ...
A rock described as a flaky pastry may sound delicate, but researchers at Tohoku University found that when they fold under compressive forces in just the right way, they can actually be strong. These ...
Earth's Ediacaran Period, roughly 630 to 540 million years ago, has always been something of a magnetic minefield for ...
Coccolithophores, tiny planktonic architects of Earth’s climate, capture carbon, produce oxygen, and leave behind geological ...
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Everyone, that is, except French Moroccan geochemist Abderrazak El Albani, who believes he has found evidence of advanced ...
Smithsonian researcher Ingrid Romero studies fossil pollen to reconstruct ancient climates and predict future changes ...
Scientists have created the first sizable meteorite diamond — also known as lonsdaleite or hexagonal diamond — a material predicted to be even harder than the diamonds normally found on Earth. The ...