The missing 500 million: Cosmic bombardment melted Earth’s first crust

The Earth is four and a half billion years old, so why they started appearing then is unknown, as is the mechanism to make ...

The Biggest Lesson From Ruapehu’s Eruptions Wasn't Scientific - It Was Relationships

The central North Island eruptions 30 years ago transformed New Zealand's approach to volcanic risk – and also the network of ...
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Seeing Earth’s Most Common Minerals from Space

Mineral dust shapes Earth’s climate by influencing sunlight, clouds, nutrient transport, and even how quickly snow melts. But ...

Why was the early Earth so hot? The heat wasn’t just coming from the inside

When you think about a large asteroid impact, you might imagine a moment of devastation: a violent collision, a blast of heat ...

In 1987, the world swapped ozone-destroying CFCs for safer refrigerants; nearly 40 years later, scientists found the switch had been quietly raining a forever chemical across ...

New study reveals the alarming impact of CFC replacements on the environment, producing a persistent 'forever chemical' called trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) that contaminates water and human blood.

Is there alien life on distant planet? Scientists left divided over recent discoveries

When a scientific controversy or breakthrough dominates headlines, press officers and journalists often quote a handful of expertS ...