What Is Happening Deep Beneath the Surface of Ice Planets?
Deep Oceans Dissolve the Rocky Shell of Water-Ice Planets What is happening deep beneath the surface of ice planets? Is there liquid water, and if…
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Mountain Growth Influences Greenhouse Effect – Weathering of Rocks Can Bind or Release Carbon Dioxide
Weathering of rocks can bind or release carbon dioxide — in active mountain ranges, carbon-dioxide release strongly dominates. Taiwan is an island of extremes: severe…
New High-Pressure Mineral Discovered in Moon Meteorite
Donwilhelmsite is important for understanding the inner structure of the earth. A team of European researchers discovered a new high-pressure mineral in the lunar meteorite…
Life at Its Limits: Microbes in the Seabed Survive on Far Less Energy Than Shown Ever Before
All life needs energy. Where there is not enough energy available, there can be no life. But how much is enough? A new study led…
Galileo Reveals Million Fold Increase in the Power of Chorus Waves Near Jupiter’s Moon Ganymede
Listening to electro-magnetic waves around the Earth, converted to sound, is almost like listening to singing and chirping birds at dawn with a crackling campfire…
Precambrian Micro-Continent Hidden in the Indian Ocean
Based on the study of lava sand grains from the beach of Mauritius, a newly published study from a group of geoscientists suggests that a…