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Researchers detect 'Healing' in the Antarctic ozone layer hole
Posted in Science on 1st Jul, 2016
by Alex Muller
Researchers say they have found the first clear evidence that the thinning in the ozone layer above Antarctica is starting to heal.
What did Earths ancient magnetic field look like?
Posted in Science on 25th Jun, 2016
by Alex Muller
New work suggests Earths ancient magnetic field was significantly different than the present day field, originating from several poles rather than the familiar two.
Life forms 'went large' a billion years ago
Posted in Science on 18th May, 2016
by Alex Muller
Life was already organising itself into large communities of cells more than a billion years ago, according to evidence from China.
Space mission observes magnetic fields of Earth and sun
Posted in Featured, Science on 14th May, 2016
by Alex Muller
How magnetic reconnection takes place, a critical step in understanding space weather.
Shooting stars show Earth had oxygen eons before we thought
Posted in Science on 13th May, 2016
by Alex Muller
The scorched remains of 60 micrometeorites have survived 2.7 billion years in Western Australia. They are the oldest space rocks ever discovered on Earth.