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Scientists Say Earth’s Core Could Be Hiding the Equivalent of up to 45 Oceans of Water
6+ hour, 11+ min ago (736+ words) Home " Science " Astronomy Deep Earth conditions created in a lab reveal the core is chemically packed with hydrogen. Earth's core has often been described as just a giant ball of iron and nickel. Now, a new study argues that it…...
Scientists Found the Coldest Seawater in History from when Snowball Earth Reached Freezing Temperatures of Minus 15° Celsius
1+ week, 5+ day ago (391+ words) Iron isotopes show that salty seawater pockets beneath the ice were as cold as "15C. In'Nature Communications,'researchers reported'the first measured sea temperature from a snowball Earth episode: "15C7C. If this figure holds up, it will be the coldest measured sea temperature…...
How Ancient Lava Flows Mimic Honeycomb Physics to Build Nature’s Strangest Columns
1+ week, 6+ day ago (485+ words) Home " Other " GeoPicture Basalt columns are some of geology's most unusual creations. Nature rarely does straight lines. If you look at a forest, a rock, or a coastline, you see all sorts of shapes and chaos. But visit the coast…...
Proposed New Mission to Create Artificial Eclipses in Space to Stop The Sun From Destroying Our Tech
2+ week, 1+ day ago (981+ words) There's a pressing need to understand and respond to what's known as "space weather. When a solar storm strikes Earth, it can disrupt technology that's vital for our daily lives. Solar storms occur when magnetic fields and electrically charged particles…...
New Zealand Cave Unearths a Lost World Destroyed by Ancient Volcanoes and Climate Shifts
2+ week, 2+ day ago (740+ words) Long before we stepped ashore, New Zealand was being reshaped. Waitomo is a region on New Zealand famous for glittering glowworms that hang from caves. But deep inside a jagged crevice known as Moa Eggshell Cave, scientists just found something…...
The Coolest Rocks In Geology and the Fascinating Stories They Tell
2+ week, 2+ day ago (998+ words) Home " Features " Natural Sciences " Geology and Paleontology " Rocks and Minerals How many of these do you know? Geology often gets a bad rap as the boring study of rocks and minerals. I'm hear to show you otherwise. Geology is a…...
How the Rise of a Salty Blob Led to the Fall of the Last Ice Age
2+ week, 2+ day ago (496+ words) Scientists have long suspected that high salinity levels in the deep ocean were responsible for keeping carbon dioxide locked away during the last ice age. New research finds the strongest evidence yet. There are a few things scientists know for…...
Massive Super Earths Could Have Powerful Magnetic Shields Thanks to Their Magma (and That's Good for Life)
3+ week, 5+ hour ago (592+ words) These planets could be much more life-friendly than we thought. Super-Earths are the galaxy's "middle children." They are beefier than Earth but smaller than gas giants like Neptune. We find them everywhere, and many sit comfortably in the "Goldilocks zone…...
Thundereggs Are Nature's "Loot Boxes" and Can Hold Hold Geological Masterpieces Inside
4+ week, 2+ day ago (786+ words) Home " Features " Natural Sciences " Geology and Paleontology " Rocks and Minerals It's one of the most spectacular types of rock out there. Thundereggs look like regular rocks from the outside, but contain intricate and colorful mineral patterns inside " often made of…...
Scientists Just Produced the Best Map of Antarctica's Sub-glacial Landscape, and It's Good News for Climate Change
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (661+ words) There's a rugged world beneath the ice. For decades, scientists have repeated some variations of a striking statistic: we know more about the topography of Mars and Mercury than we do about the ground beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet. It's…...