A mass extinction event wiped out around 90% of life. What followed has long puzzled scientists: The planet became lethally ...

The molten rock was hot enough to melt the surrounding rocks and release massive amounts of carbon dioxide into Earth's ...

These results suggest the existence of a process recycling marine carbon into Earth's mantle, which could contribute to ...

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The collapse of tropical forests during Earth's most catastrophic extinction event was the primary cause of the prolonged ...

One of the great unsolved problems in modern planetary science is written on the surface of Mars. Mars has canyons that were ...

And now, in a triumph of cross-border collaboration, an international team, armed with a rich Chinese fossil record and ...

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They reveal that the chemical composition of the deep mantle has remained almost intact since the Earth's formation 4.5 ...

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To simulate menstrual fluid, the team used glycerol, a thick liquid similar in consistency to blood. In both pre-flight and ...