A study from the University of Liverpool has unveiled the colossal scale and devastating impact of a massive underwater avalanche that struck the northwest coast of Africa some 60,000 years ago. This research, published in Science Advances, provides unprecedented insights into the magnitude and destructive force of submarine avalanches, a phenomenon shrouded in mystery until […]
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Over the last 700 million years, the distance between the Earth and the Moon has increased by 20,000 kilometers, and the days have lengthened by 2.2 hours
A team of scientists from Chengdu University, led by academic Wang Chengshan, has published a study in the renowned journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), the result of an international collaboration involving experts from institutions such as the Paris Observatory, the Leibniz Institute for Applied Geophysics in Germany, and Trinity College in […]
The Earth Hasn’t Lost a Continent, but Has Gained a Microcontinent
In recent days, many media outlets have been citing a study published recently in the journal Gondwana Research to argue that North America and Europe should be considered a single continent, and therefore Earth would have one less than previously established. However, the study actually says nothing of the sort. On the contrary, it argues […]
Scientists Achieve Deep-Sea Drilling Milestone, Recovering Longest Section of Mantle Rocks
In a groundbreaking achievement, a team of international scientists has successfully retrieved a significant section of rock from the Earth’s mantle, marking a new era in the study of our planet’s inner workings. The mantle, located beneath the Earth’s crust and constituting the largest part of the planet, holds key secrets about the origins of […]
Melting of Polar Ice is Affecting Earth’s Rotation and Lengthening our Days
If Earth continues to warm, climate change will have a greater impact on the speed of our planet’s rotation in the future than the Moon does now, according to a recent study by ETH Zurich supported by NASA. The melting of ice masses in Greenland and Antarctica is causing water from the polar regions to […]
An Encounter 2 Million Years Ago with “Something Outside the Solar System” May have Triggered an Ice Age on Earth
Millions of years ago, Earth might have temporarily moved out of the sun’s protective shield, known as the heliosphere. This shield, depicted as a dark gray bubble against the backdrop of interstellar space, plays a crucial role in shielding our planet from harmful radiation and cosmic rays. According to recent research published in Nature Astronomy, […]
Scientists Confirm Earth’s Inner Core Rotation is Slowing Down, and is Now Slower than the Surface
Scientists from the University of Southern California (USC) have confirmed that the Earth’s inner core is rotating more slowly than the planet’s surface. This significant finding, published in Nature, reveals that the inner core began to decelerate around 2010, overturning previous beliefs about its rotational dynamics. For decades, the scientific community has debated the movement […]
Earth’s Great Oxidation Event Lasted 200 Million Years
Around 2.5 billion years ago, free oxygen, also known as O2, began to accumulate in significant amounts in the Earth’s atmosphere. This was a crucial event that set the stage for the development of more complex forms of life on our evolving planet. Scientists call this phenomenon the Great Oxidation, or GOE (Great Oxidation Event). […]
Human-Made Objects Now Outweigh All Natural Life Forms
A new interactive infographic vividly illustrates that human-made objects now surpass the weight of all natural life forms on Earth. This visualization, crafted with scientific precision and impressive depth, highlights the profound impact of human activity on our planet. Developed by Brice Ménard, a physicist at Johns Hopkins University, and graphic artist Nikita Shtarkman, the […]
Earth’s Rivers Carry Only 2.5 Percent of All Water on the Planet, According to NASA Study
NASA has conducted a study that explores the flow and storage of water in the Earth’s rivers. This research, published in Nature Geoscience, has uncovered important data about the quantity of water flowing through Earth’s rivers, the rate at which this water flows into oceans, and how these metrics fluctuate over time. Such information is […]