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Geologists Confirm a Staggering 2.2 Billion-Year-Old Impact Crater in Australia
Science Alert   22 January 2020   Australia  
Location of the crater. (The Conversation)
<p>Throughout its life, our planet has been pummelled by countless asteroids and comets - even more so than the crater-ridden Moon. Today, thanks to Earth's continually changing surface, there are remarkably few scars left to tell the tale.<br />Australia's ...
Dinosaur extinction was 'all about the asteroid,' casting doubt about volcano's impact, new study says
Fox News   17 January 2020   World  
What if the space rock that wiped out the dinosaurs hit another spot on Earth? (Esteban De Armas/Shutterstock)
<p>Several studies have suggested a volcano eruption played a greater role in the extinction of the dinosaurs than the asteroid that crashed into modern-day Mexico. A new study is hoping to end the debate, suggesting "it was all about the asteroid."<br />The ...
Meteorite contains the oldest material on Earth: 7-billion-year-old stardust
Geology Page   14 January 2020   World  
Credit: Captmondo/Wikimedia
<p>Stars have life cycles. They&rsquo;re born when bits of dust and gas floating through space find each other and collapse in on each other and heat up. They burn for millions to billions of years, and then they die. When they die, they pitch the particles ...
What the shell?! Meet the Rhea, the 100-year-old turtle who can't swim underwater because she can't fart
A 100-year-old green sea turtle is undergoing lifesaving treatment after she was found in the ocean by fishermen who noticed she wasn't able to dive (stock image)
<p>A 100-year-old green sea turtle is undergoing lifesaving treatment after she was found in the ocean by fishermen who noticed she wasn't able to dive. <br />Rhea the green sea turtle was brought to the Ark Aid Animal Hospital in the Northern Territory on ...
AIPT Science presents: The most devastating and uplifting geology stories of the decade
Adventuresinpoortaste   01 January 2020   World  
<p>The ground beneath our feet is constantly changing, and despite those changes taking place over millions of years, we’re able to experience geologic change in much shorter time spans. The last decade has been filled with geologic news, from deadly earthquakes, ...
The Year's Top Images of Earth From Space
Discover Magazine   25 December 2019   World  
Source: NASA Earth Observatory
<p>From explosive volcanic eruptions to rampaging wildfires and catastrophic floods, satellites, as well as astronauts aboard the International Space Station, captured all the action.</p>
A Fossil Spider Discovery Just Turned Out to Be a Crayfish With Some Legs Painted On
Science Alert   20 December 2019   China  
(Cheng et al, Acta Geologica Sinica, 2019)
<p>When scientists at the Dalian Natural History Museum in China copped a load of a fossil unearthed in the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation, they couldn't believe their eyes. The eight-legged beastie looked like nothing anyone had seen before. Exceptionally ...
World's oldest known fossil forest found in New York quarry
The Guardian   20 December 2019   USA   New York  
The find dates to about 2-3m years older than the previously oldest known fossil forest. Photograph: William Stein/Christopher Berry/PA
<p>The world&rsquo;s oldest known fossil forest has been discovered in a sandstone quarry in New York state, offering new insights into how trees transformed the planet.<br />The forest, found in the town of Cairo, would have spanned from New York to Pennsylvania ...
Nature up close: An unexpected gem of a museum
CBS NEWS   16 December 2019   New Mexico   Socorro  
<p>My husband jokes that, as a biologist and general wildlife lover, I'm only interested in something if it has four legs and a tail. And he is pretty much right – it has to be really special to draw my interest away from anything living. One special place ...
‘Marsquakes’ reveal red planet’s hidden geology
Nature.com   13 December 2019  
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
<p>San Francisco, California<br />The marsquakes are coming fast and furious. From its landing site near the Martian equator, NASA&rsquo;s InSight mission is detecting about two quakes per day &mdash; and the rate is going up.<br />&ldquo;We have a lot,&rdquo; ...