The Great Unconformity—a huge time gap in the rock record—may have been triggered by the uplift of an ancient supercontinent, say researchers using a novel method for dating rocks.
Evolution of the Earth
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Becoming Habitable in the Habitable Zone
Scientists explore how interactions between a rocky planet's climate, mantle, and core can affect its evolution and determine whether it could sustain life.
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The Enigmatic Core Properties of the Inner Earth
A new study explores the possibility of cubic iron alloy structure at our planet's core.
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Tectonic Events May Have Triggered the Cambrian Explosion
A researcher proposes a tectonic mechanism that could have helped drive one of the biggest evolutionary events in history: the Cambrian Explosion.