Doggerland, dubbed “Britain’s Atlantis” is a submerged landmass beneath what is now the North Sea, that once connected Britain to continental Europe.
The landscape was a diverse mix of gentle hills, marshes, wooded valleys, and swamps,…
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Field Geology at Mars’ Equator Points to Ancient Megaflood
Floods of unimaginable magnitude once washed through Gale Crater on Mars’ equator around 4 billion years ago – a finding that hints at the possibility that life may have existed there, according to data collected by NASA’s Curiosity rover…
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Transition to Feudal Living in 14th Century Impacted Local Ecosystems
The transition from tribal to feudal living, which occurred throughout the 14th century in Lagow, Poland had a significant impact on the local ecosystem, according to a study published in Scientific Reports.
The findings demonstrate how…
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Geoscientists Discover Ancestral Puebloans Survived From Ice Melt in New Mexico Lava Tubes
For more than 10,000 years, the people who lived on the arid landscape of modern-day western New Mexico were renowned for their complex societies, unique architecture and early economic and political systems.
But surviving in what Spanish…
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Modern Computational Tools May Open a New Era for Fossil Pollen Research
One of the best sources of information on the evolution of terrestrial ecosystems and plant diversity over millions of years is fossil pollen.
For palynologists–the scientists who study ancient pollen–a common challenge in the field is the…
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The Milky Way Galaxy has a Clumpy Halo
University of Iowa astronomers have determined our galaxy is surrounded by a clumpy halo of hot gases that is continually being supplied with material ejected by birthing or dying stars.
This heated halo, called the circumgalactic medium (CGM),…
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Artificial Intelligence Reveals Hundreds of Millions of Trees in the Sahara
If you think that the Sahara is covered only by golden dunes and scorched rocks, you aren’t alone. Perhaps it’s time to shelve that notion.
In an area of West Africa 30 times larger than Denmark, an international team, led by University of…
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UH Geologists ‘Resurrect’ Missing Tectonic Plate
The existence of a tectonic plate called Resurrection has long been a topic of debate among geologists, with some arguing it was never real.
Others say it subducted – moved sideways and downward – into the earth’s mantle somewhere in the…
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How a Greenhouse Catastrophe Killed Almost All Life
Earth’s history knows catastrophes which are unimaginable for humans. For example, around 66 million years ago an asteroid impact marked the end of the dinosaur era.
Long before however, 252 million years ago at the boundary between the Permian…
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Study Into Earth’s Crust Finds Heat Source That May Stabilise Continents
Rocks from the Rio Grande continental rift have provided a rare snapshot of active geology deep inside Earth’s crust, revealing new evidence for how continents remain stable over billions of years, according to a team of scientists.
“We tend…
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