geology
New research hints at Earth's inner core having its own inner core
Posted in Science on 10th Feb, 2015
by Alex Muller
What the researchers found took them by surprise. The inner core is far more complex than previously thought, with the seismic wave data indicating two distinct parts.
Geographic change may have triggered an explosion of life
Posted in Featured, Science on 2nd Nov, 2014
by Alex Muller
Analysis of geologic history may solve the riddle of the "Cambrian explosion," the rapid diversification of animal life in the fossil record 530 million years ago.
Life forms appeared at least 60 million years earlier than previously thought
Posted in Science on 7th Sep, 2014
by Alex Muller
Geologists have rewritten the history books by finding that oxygen-producing life forms were present on Earth some 3 billion years ago.
Massive 'ocean' discovered towards Earth's core
Posted in Science on 14th Jun, 2014
by Alex Muller
A reservoir of water three times the volume of all the oceans has been discovered deep beneath the Earth's surface.
A habitable environment on Martian volcano?
Posted in Science on 28th May, 2014
by Alex Muller
The Martian volcano Arsia Mons may have been home to one of the most recent habitable environments yet found on the Red Planet, geologists say.