Tag: geology
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Walking dead (fossils)… Elusive silent world…
Using the fossil record to accurately estimate the timing and pace of past mass extinctions is no easy task, and a new study highlights how fossil evidence can produce a misleading picture if not interpreted with care. Florida Museum of Natural History researchers used a series of 130-foot cores drilled from the Po Plain in…
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Active mountains… Small flowers…
New research helps explain why the structure of some mountains continues to evolve long after the tectonic forces that formed them cease. (1) Mountains remaining active for millions of years. Seemingly eternal. But in fact, as fragile as the smallest flower. Look at it. It is more important. It is stronger. Because, unlike the mountain,…
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Reading rocks. Being water. Drops of water.
Crystals from the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption have demonstrated a new way to recognize pre-eruption signals at Eyjafjallajökull and potentially other, similar volcanoes around the world. (1) Reading the story of the planet on rocks. But don’t be fooled. The story of our cosmos is not carved on stone. Our story is written on water. Ever…
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Silence tells more than screaming…
Just before the explosion. The volcano screams for 30 seconds. Then silence. For another 30 seconds. (1, 2) Explosion. > Help translate the Harmonia Philosophica book in 6 new languages and get valuable perks in return! Support the Indiegogo project now!
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Vostok, bacteria and personal agendas in Science: A sad tale…
A Russian scientist over the weekend dismissed the claims of his colleagues that water pulled from a lake buried for millions of years beneath Antarctica contained a strange new form of microbial life. But on Monday, those colleagues insisted that the bacterium they have discovered doesn’t fall into any known categories. The tiny creature in…
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