The first time Earth’s geologic record – information found inside rocks – has been used to create an animation of this kind.
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Diamonds form alongside a distinct purple companion. We studied it to reach a conclusion about how rare they might actually be.
To us, Earth’s landscapes might change very little. But over millions of years, our planet’s surface has shifted in innumerable ways.
Earth doesn’t just have an inner core. It also has an innermost inner core, a solid ball within the solid ball in the very middle of the planet.
Meteor impacts are an inevitable part of being a rocky planet in space. The craters they leave behind are a window into the tumultuous history of Earth.
Could tectonic processes in the early Earth have contributed to the rise of oxygen?
Believe it or not, this sort-of happened before in Earth’s history – and now we have the Moon.
There’s a curious 200-million-year rhythm to Earth’s crust production. Now, it seems like our very place in the galaxy is tied to it.
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Associate Professor, School of Geosciences, University of Sydney
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PhD Candidate, Queensland University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer in Astrophysics, University of Lincoln
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Associate Professor, Trinity College Dublin
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Professor, Head of Geophysics, Director of Warramunga Array, Australian National University
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Senior Beamline Scientist - Powder Diffraction, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
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Professor of Geochronology, Curtin University
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Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan
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Professor of Petrology, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor (Astrophysics), University of Southern Queensland
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Postdoctoral fellow, Earth Sciences, Laurentian University
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Professor of Geology, Adelaide University