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When Meteors Shaped Life on Earth: A Billion-Year-Old Story Unveiled
Billions of years ago, a meteorite up to 200 times larger than the one that wiped out the dinosaurs crashed into Earth, unleashing catastrophic …
Seafloor spreading has been slowing down
A new global analysis of the last 19 million years of seafloor spreading rates found they have been slowing down. Geologists want to know …
New study of Yellowstone National Park shines new light on once hidden details of the famous American landmark
Those who have visited the park may have asked themselves, 'Where does all the hot water come from?' A study now provides stunning subsurface …
Hawaiian-Emperor undersea mystery revealed with supercomputers
Kinematic plate reconstructions and high-resolution global dynamic models developed to quantify the amount of Pacific Plate motion change associated with the Hawaiian -- Emperor …
New technique unlocks ancient history of Earth from grains of sand
Researchers have developed a new technique by studying the age of ancient grains of sand from beaches, rivers and rocks from around the world …