GEOLOGY

The ‘Great Dying’

The Paleozoic era culminated 251.9 million years ago in the most severe mass extinction recorded in the geologic record. Known…

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Comet strike may have sparked key shift in human civilization

A cluster of comet fragments believed to have hit Earth nearly 13,000 years ago may have shaped the origins of…

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Ancient meteorite found in England could reveal the origins of life on Earth

A 4.6-billion-year-old meteorite found in a field in Gloucestershire, England, is likely a remnant of cosmic debris left over from…

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Pictograms are first written accounts of earthquakes in pre-Hispanic Mexico

The Codex Telleriano Remensis, created in the 16th century in Mexico, depicts earthquakes in pictograms that are the first written evidence…

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Extreme volcanism did not cause the massive extinction of species in the late Cretaceous

A study published in the journal Geology rules out that extreme volcanic episodes had any influence on the massive extinction…

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Researchers present evidence that a cosmic impact destroyed a biblical city in the Jordan Valley

In the Middle Bronze Age (about 3600 years ago or roughly 1650 BCE), the city of Tall el-Hammam was ascendant.…

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The world’s oldest mercury poisoning revealed in Copper Age Iberia

A recent paper published in the International Journal of Osteoarchaeology and in which researchers from the University of Seville participate, explores the…

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“Volcanic winter” likely contributed to ecological catastrophe 250 million years ago

A team of scientists has identified an additional force that likely contributed to a mass extinction event 250 million years…

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Study pinpoints timing of Chicxulub asteroid impact

Groundbreaking study confirms time of year when asteroid wiped out dinosaurs and 75 percent of life on Earth. A groundbreaking…

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Scientists have shown how the freezing of a ‘slushy’ ocean of magma may be responsible for the composition of the Moon’s crust.

Scientists from the University of Cambridge and the Ecole normale supérieure de Lyon, have proposed a new model of crystallisation…

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