By drilling deep down into sediments on the ocean floor researchers can travel back in time.
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Newly Discovered Carbon May Yield Clues to Ancient Mars
NASA's Curiosity rover landed on Mars on Aug. 6, 2012, and since then has roamed Gale Crater taking samples and sending the results back home for researchers to interpret.
Earth’s Interior is Cooling Faster Than Expected
Researchers at ETH Zurich have demonstrated in the lab how well a mineral common at the boundary between the Earth’s core and mantle conducts heat.
Entomologists to Study How Climate Change May Influence Pollinator Stressors
A Penn State-led team of researchers will use a newly awarded $682,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture to examine how climate change may influence and interact with various stressors that affect the health of pollinators.
Powerful Volcanic Blast Not the Cause for 2018 Indonesian Island Collapse
The dramatic collapse of Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau volcano in December 2018 resulted from long-term destabilising processes, and was not triggered by any distinct changes in the magmatic system that could have been detected by current monitoring techniques, new research has found.
Scientists Uncover ‘Resistance Gene’ in Deadly E. Coli
Scientists have pinpointed a gene that helps deadly E. coli bacteria evade antibiotics, potentially leading to better treatments for millions of people worldwide.