Ancient seafloor vents spewed tiny, life-giving minerals into Earth’s early oceans

Researchers from the universities of Cambridge and Western Australia have uncovered the importance of hydrothermal vents, similar to underwater geysers, in

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Feb. 2, 2024 ~4 min

Scottish rocks to play a key role in Mars space mission

Ancient rocks from the Isle of Rum in northwest Scotland are playing an important role in an international space mission to discover more about Mars.

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July 28, 2023 ~4 min


Seawater could have provided phosphorous required for emerging life

The problem of how phosphorus became a universal ingredient for life on Earth may have been solved by researchers from the University of Cambridge and the

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Sept. 27, 2022 ~5 min

Lava from 2021 Icelandic eruption gives rare view of deep churnings beneath volcano

After centuries without volcanic activity, Iceland’s Reykjanes peninsula sprang to life in 2021 when lava erupted from the Fagradalsfjall volcano. New research

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Sept. 16, 2022 ~4 min

Scientists 'see' puzzling features deep in Earth’s interior

New research led by the University of Cambridge is the first to obtain a detailed 'image' of an unusual pocket of rock at the boundary layer with Earth’s core,

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May 19, 2022 ~5 min

‘Slushy’ magma ocean led to formation of the Moon’s crust

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

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Jan. 13, 2022 ~4 min

Earth's interior is swallowing up more carbon than thought

Scientists from Cambridge University and NTU Singapore have found that slow-motion collisions of tectonic plates drag more carbon into Earth’s interior than

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July 26, 2021 ~5 min

Early humans were sheltered from worst effects of volcanic supereruption

A massive volcanic eruption in Indonesia about 74,000 years ago likely caused severe climate disruption in many areas of the globe, but early human populations

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July 5, 2021 ~3 min


Rock crystals from the deep give microscopic clues to earthquake ground movements

Microscopic imperfections in rock crystals deep beneath Earth’s surface play a deciding factor in how the ground slowly moves and resets in the aftermath of

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June 24, 2021 ~5 min

Scientists track veil of toxic metals carried in Kīlauea’s gas plumes, revealing hidden dangers of volcanic pollution

A team of volcanologists who observed the colossal 2018 eruption of Kīlauea, Hawai’i, have tracked how potentially toxic metals carried in its gas plumes were

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May 25, 2021 ~6 min

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