Rare Chinese Earth’s mineral deficiency threatens global supply chains economy
China allowed some rare ground mineral shipments to enter new rules for export controls, but the slow pace of approvals ...
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The volcanic history of Easter Island suggests that the Earth’s mantle behaves very differently than previously thought.
Mechanics of the mantle plume under Easter Island. Credit: Douwe van Hinsbergen Geography textbooks describe the Earth's mantle beneath its ...
Scientists discover one of Earth’s first animals in the Australian outback
Artistic rendering of what scientists looked like according to Quaestio simpsonorum. Credit: Walker Weyland. In the shadow of South Australia's ...
Some microbes used toxic gases to fight iron in Earth’s early oceans, geomicrobiologists say
Precambrian banded iron deposits (banded iron formation) in South Africa. Credit: Andreas Kappler Early in Earth's development, the atmosphere did ...
X-rays improve understanding of boundary between Earth’s core and mantle and super-Earth’s magma oceans
Schematic illustration of the experimental setup available at the MEC final station. The four epiX 10k detectors cover a Q ...
Geologists discover mysterious subduction zone beneath the Pacific, reshaping understanding of Earth’s interior
A map depicting the region where the discovery of an ancient seabed was made. Credit: Jingchuan Wang, University of Maryland. ...
New research reimagines Earth’s mantle as a relatively uniform reservoir
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Lavas from hot spots, whether they erupt in Hawaii, Samoa or Iceland, likely originate from a ...
Unique new fish fossil prompts rethinking of how Earth’s geology shapes evolution
Coelacanths are deep-sea fish that live off the coasts of southern Africa and Indonesia and can grow up to two ...
Recovery of rare earths from coal ash for clean energy technologies
Graphic summary. Credit: Environmental science and technology (2024). DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.4c04256 As the world transitions away from fossil fuels, the demand ...
Hydroclimatic study reveals natural variations in Earth’s tilt affect precipitation and humidity
Location of sediment cores and trajectory of rainfall events along the Chilean coast. Credit: Nature Communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-51985-4 A ...
