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This figure illustrates how inorganic carbon cycles through the mantle more quickly than organic carbon, which contains very little of the isotope carbon-13. Both inorganic and organic carbon are drawn into Earth's mantle at subduction zones (top left).

Study points to one cause for several mysteries linked to breathable oxygen

Geology Page - December 2, 2019

The Sentinel-6A spacecraft sits in its clean room in Germany's IABG space test center. The satellite is being prepared for a scheduled launch in November 2020 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Credit: IABG

New Earth mission will track rising oceans into 2030

Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park

How sulfur helped make Earth habitable before the rise of oxygen

Peaty sedimentary archive from a palm swamp collected with a Russian corer. (Image:Encarni Montoya)

A new study shows the evolution and changes of the vegetation of the Orinoco Delta of the last 6200 years

Researchers on the MV Steller are in front of the terminus of Alaska's LeConte Glacier in August 2016. An over-the-side pole holds the sonar instrument that collects data on the subsurface ice face as the vessel moves slowly through the icy water. Credit: David Sutherland

Underwater glacial melting is occurring at higher rates than modeling predicts

Study reshapes understanding of climate change’s impact on early societies

Geology Page - October 18, 2017

Geologic evidence is the forerunner of ominous prospects for a warming...

Geology Page - October 13, 2017

Formation of coal almost turned our planet into a snowball

Geology Page - October 11, 2017

Ancient humans left Africa to escape drying climate

Geology Page - October 5, 2017

Geologists study the drying up of the Mediterranean Sea 5.96 million...

Geology Page - September 26, 2017

Tidal and mangrove deposits during the Oligo-Miocene in the South China...

Geology Page - September 20, 2017

Volcanic eruptions drove ancient global warming event

Geology Page - August 31, 2017

Scientists improve forecast of increasing hazard on Ecuadorian volcano

Geology Page - August 7, 2017

Chemical weathering could alleviate some climate change effects

Geology Page - August 2, 2017

Glaciers may have helped warm Earth

Geology Page - August 2, 2017

Ancient Italian fossils reveal risk of parasitic infections due to climate...

Geology Page - July 21, 2017

Stalagmites from Iranian cave foretell grim future for Middle East climate

Geology Page - July 10, 2017

Role aerosols play in climate change unlocked by spectacular Icelandic volcanic...

Geology Page - June 22, 2017

Research in Russia challenges widely held understanding of past climate history

Geology Page - May 22, 2017

Magnesium within plankton provides tool for taking the temperatures of past...

Geology Page - May 16, 2017

Jurassic drop in ocean oxygen lasted a million years

Geology Page - May 12, 2017

Paris 1.5°C target may be smashed by 2026

Geology Page - May 9, 2017

Ice cave in Transylvania yields window into region’s past

Geology Page - April 28, 2017

Study correlates climate change and early human activities at the Algerian...

Geology Page - April 25, 2017

Oman’s mountains may hold clues for reversing climate change

Geology Page - April 14, 2017

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