Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

Digging Into Greenland Ice: Unraveling Mysteries in Earth's Harshest Environments

Nov 09, 2023 -
Rachel Moore spent nearly 50 days in one of the most remote places on Earth, collecting ice cores; the research has implications for climate change predictions and searching for signs of life on icy worlds.

A Fertilizer Dearth Foiled Animal Evolution for Eons?

Close-up view of layered sedimentary rocks representative of those used in this study. Each layer records a snapshot of the Earth system over millions to billions of years. Credit: Georgia Tech / Yale - Reinhard / Planavsky
Dec 21, 2016 - Atlanta, GA
Evolution's genesis moment: Phosphorus, oxygen and the explosion of new, diverse life
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