A map found in the Bodleian Library shows two ‘lost’ islands in Cardigan Bay, possibly indicating the legendary sunken kingdom from Welsh mythology, Cantre’r Gwaelod.
Cantre’r Gwaelod was a land said to be west of present-day Wales….
Category: Earth
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Antarctica – The lost world
Antarctica is situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and covers an area of 14.2 million km2.
Described as a polar desert, the continent has an average annual precipitation of 166 millimetres and is covered by ice with a thickness…
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Bandera – New Mexico’s Land of Fire and Ice
Located in the American Southwest on the Continental Divide, in Grants New Mexico, the Bandera Volcano lies dormant, adjacent to the geological wonder of a subterranean ice cave.
As it stands today, the volcano is a prime example of a cinder cone,…
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Iceland volcano eruption opens a rare window into the Earth beneath our feet
The recent Fagradalsfjall eruption in the southwest of Iceland has enthralled the whole world, including nature lovers and scientists alike.
The eruption was especially important as it provided geologists with a unique opportunity to study magmas…
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Researchers open lunar time capsule from Apollo 17 mission
Scientists from NASA have opened a lunar time capsule from the Apollo 17 mission conducted in 1972.
The Apollo mission was the final mission of NASA’s Apollo program, in which Commander Eugene Cernan and Lunar Module Pilot Harrison Schmitt…
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Cosmic cataclysm may have caused downfall of the Hopewell Culture
Researchers from the University of Cincinnati have found evidence of a cosmic cataclysm 1,500 years that may be responsible for the downfall of the Hopewell Culture.
The Hopewell Culture was a widely dispersed set of pre-Columbian Native American…
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Scientists have shown how the freezing of a ‘slushy’ ocean of magma may be responsible for the composition of the Moon’s crust.
Scientists from the University of Cambridge and the Ecole normale supérieure de Lyon, have proposed a new model of crystallisation where crystals remained suspended in liquid magma over hundreds of millions of years as the lunar ‘slush’…
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Study pinpoints timing of Chicxulub asteroid impact
Groundbreaking study confirms time of year when asteroid wiped out dinosaurs and 75 percent of life on Earth.
A groundbreaking study led by researchers at Florida Atlantic University and an international team of scientists conclusively confirms…
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“Volcanic winter” likely contributed to ecological catastrophe 250 million years ago
A team of scientists has identified an additional force that likely contributed to a mass extinction event 250 million years ago.
Its analysis of minerals in southern China indicate that volcano eruptions produced a “volcanic winter” that…
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The world’s oldest mercury poisoning revealed in Copper Age Iberia
A recent paper published in the International Journal of Osteoarchaeology and in which researchers from the University of Seville participate, explores the complex relationship between humans and mercury over time.
In this article, entitled…
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