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Two epicenters led to Japan's violent Noto earthquake on New Year's Day
Updated: 2024-08-23 19:34:49The 7.5- magnitude earthquake beneath Japan's Noto Peninsula on Jan. 1, 2024, occurred when a 'dual-initiation mechanism' applied enough energy from two different locations to break through a fault barrier -- an area that locks two sides of a fault in place and absorbs the energy of fault movement, slowing it down or stopping it altogether.Preservation of organic carbon in the ocean floor
Updated: 2024-08-19 17:07:24The preservation of organic carbon in marine sediments has long been a key question remaining unclear in understanding the long-term carbon cycling on Earth. Recently, scientists have gained new insights into the dynamic cycling of iron-bound organic carbon in subseafloor sediments.Decoding mysterious seismic signals
Updated: 2024-08-16 18:34:31Geophysicists find link between seismic waves called PKP precursors and anomalies in Earth's mantle that are associated with hotspots associated with volcanism on the surface.Scottish and Irish rocks confirmed as rare record of 'snowball Earth'
Updated: 2024-08-16 04:15:39The study found that the Port Askaig Formation, composed of layers of rock up to 1.1 km thick, was likely laid down between 662 to 720 million years ago during the Sturtian glaciation -- the first of two global freezes thought to have triggered the development of complex, multicellular life.Researchers unveil mysteries of ancient Earth
Updated: 2024-08-14 21:03:36A team of researchers has made strides in understanding the formation of massif-type anorthosites, enigmatic rocks that only formed during the middle part of Earth's history. These plagioclase-rich igneous rock formations, which can cover areas as large as 42,000 square kilometers and host titanium ore deposits, have puzzled scientists for decades due to conflicting theories about their origins.Mars may host oceans’ worth of water deep underground
Updated: 2024-08-12 07:00:00The tentative discovery hints at an habitat where life could potentially thrive.Millions of years for plants to recover from global warming
Updated: 2024-08-09 17:59:43Catastrophic volcanic eruptions that warmed the planet millions of years ago shed new light on how plants evolve and regulate climate. Researchers reveal the long-term effects of disturbed natural ecosystems on climate in geological history and its implications for today.Record-breaking recovery of rocks that originated in Earth's mantle could reveal secrets of planet's history
Updated: 2024-08-09 17:56:50Scientists have recovered the first long section of rocks that originated in the Earth's mantle, the layer below the crust and the planet's largest component. The rocks will help unravel the mantle's role in the origins of life on Earth, the volcanic activity generated when it melts, and how it drives the global cycles of important elements such as carbon and hydrogen.Water delivered to the mantle by aluminum enriched hydrated slabs?
Updated: 2024-08-07 04:27:53Researchers found a notable effect of aluminum on the sound velocities of superhydrous phase B, a dense hydrous magnesium silicate and potential host of water in the deep Earth. Their results suggest that aluminous phase B could explain seismic velocity anomalies in the Earth's mantle transition region and uppermost lower mantle.Scientists uncover hidden forces causing continents to rise
Updated: 2024-08-07 04:27:05Scientists have answered one of the most puzzling questions in plate tectonics: how and why 'stable' parts of continents gradually rise to form some of the planet's greatest topographic features.New model refutes leading theory on how Earth's continents formed
Updated: 2024-08-05 17:41:31Computational modeling shows that plate tectonics weren't necessary for early continents.