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Tremendous amounts of soot, lofted into the air from global wildfires following a massive asteroid strike 66 million years ago, would have plunged Earth into darkness for nearly two years, new research finds. This would have shut down photosynthesis, drastically … Continue reading
Tremendous amounts of soot, lofted into the air from global wildfires following a massive asteroid strike 66 million years ago, would have plunged Earth into darkness for nearly two years, new research finds. This would have shut down photosynthesis, drastically … Continue reading
Credit: Astro Gallery of Gems IS THIS RARE Mineral WORTH $ 1.2 MILLION? Long ago, below the surface of what we now call Brazil, a slender blade of pink tourmaline, a semi-precious gemstone, pierced the top of a pink-and-blue tourmaline … Continue reading
The mysterious new phase of matter that could show how glass behaves New research solves a long-standing mystery about glass—and a mysterious new state of matter. Zoom in on a crystal and you will find an ordered array of atoms, … Continue reading
Researchers have developed a new way of measuring the pressure inside volcanoes, and found that it can be a reliable indicator of future eruptions. Geology News — ScienceDaily
Understanding slow-slip earthquakes in subduction zone areas may help researchers understand large earthquakes and the creation of tsunamis, according to researchers who used data from instruments placed on the seafloor and in boreholes east of the Japanese coast. Geology News … Continue reading
Zirkon Kristalle in Matrix. Credit: crystal-treasure Volcanologists are gaining a new understanding of what’s going on inside a shallow magma reservoir that lies below an active volcano and they’re finding a colder, more solid place than previously thought, according to … Continue reading
We’re all familiar with flightless birds: ostriches, emus, penguins — and ducks? Ducks and geese have been especially prone to becoming flightless over the course of evolutionary history, but it can be difficult to determine from fossils whether an extinct … Continue reading
Studying bones has helped scientists reconstruct what dinosaurs and other extinct creatures looked like. Taking this further, scientists recently started identifying proteins from bones to glean more information about remains. But one team has found that the reliability of this … Continue reading