New research sheds light on earliest days of Earth's formation
New research led by a York University professor sheds light on the earliest days of Earth's formation and potentially calls ...
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How Old Is the Earth?
Stromatolites: You Can't Spell Mold Without Old One of the big problems with Kelvin's estimates for the age of the Earth was ...
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Longest rock core from Earth’s mantle opens window into the origins of life
The Earth’s mantle is at a depth that cannot be accessed ... Menzel studies how the mantle naturally reacts with water and ...
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Earth: Facts about the Blue Planet
The next layer, the mantle, stretches about 1,800 miles ... Human activity has a huge effect on climate and weather in Earth's atmosphere. By making carbon dioxide, which traps heat from the ...
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The Universe from the Center- April 2025
The Keeble Observatory at Randolph-Macon College holds weekly public viewing during spring semester. Check their website ( or ...
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The fate of carbonate in oceanic crust subducted into earth's lower mantle
Drewitt, J. W. E., Walter, M. J., Zhang, H., McMahon, S. C., Edwards, D., Heinen, B. J., Lord, O. T., Anzellini, S., & Kleppe, A. K. (2019). The fate of carbonate in ...
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New proof that Earth's plate tectonics recently underwent a fundamental change
This movement is driven by the very slow creeping motion of Earth's mantle, called convection, which carry heat from the interior to our planet's surface. Researchers believe that convection in ...
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How does carbon dioxide increase Earth's temperature?
Carbon dioxide (CO 2) is a greenhouse gas. This means that it causes an effect like the glass in a greenhouse, trapping heat and warming up the inside. This effect is important: without the CO 2 that ...