A recent study conducted by geoscientists from Heidelberg University has uncovered the earliest known evidence of environmental lead contamination in the Aegean region. By analyzing sediment cores from the seabed and coastal areas surrounding the Aegean Sea, researchers have determined that human activities began polluting the environment with lead approximately 5,200 years ago—well before previously […]
Geosciences
A massive undersea avalanche devastated the northwest coast of Africa 60,000 years ago
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 […]
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 […]
German Scientists Achieve Unprecedented Precision in Earth’s Rotation Measurement
In a groundbreaking development, researchers from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have achieved the most accurate measurement of Earth’s rotation to date. Utilizing the advanced ring laser technology at the Wettzell Geodetic Observatory, the team has set a new standard for global data capture quality. The upgraded ring laser at the Wettzell Observatory now […]
The mysterious seismic pulse that repeats every 26 seconds, coming from the Gulf of Guinea
Seismic detectors around the world have been capturing a curious and strange phenomenon for decades. Every 26 seconds the earth emits a pulse, a small microseism barely perceptible, that nobody knows why it happens or what causes it. Until recently, no one knew where it came from either. The first to document the phenomenon was […]