Ancient eruptions may have triggered conditions for oxygen ‘whiffs’ in the atmosphere In a nutshell Massive volcanic events ...

Giant glaciers scraped parts of the Earth's crust, releasing key minerals into the ocean millions of years ago, a study ...

Iron can form compounds with helium at pressures as low as 5GPa – about 50,000 atmospheres – researchers in Japan report.

Water can exist in two liquid states under extreme conditions, reshaping our understanding of its molecular behavior.

By the end of the Neoproterozoic, as Earth’s icy cover began to thaw, major chemistry shifts were taking place in Earth’s atmosphere and oceans. “The end of these glaciations is marked by ...

Scientists uncover nematodes' surface chemistry, showing lipid coatings aid survival, hydration, and interactions.

From smartphones to wind turbines, rare earth elements (REEs) are an essential part of the hardware in many advanced ...

Their findings, appearing in Nature Chemistry, suggest that environmental factors played a key role in shaping the molecular complexity needed for life to emerge. To simulate early Earth ...

Minerals swept up on land by this “glacial broom” altered marine chemistry and infused oceans with nutrients that they say may have shaped how complex life evolved. This ancient period of deep freeze, ...

When satellites vaporise, they seed the stratosphere (the region of the atmosphere between 10km and 50km above Earth’s ...

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