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X-rays unlock secrets of ancient scrolls buried by volcano

Geology Page - January 21, 2015

Scientists have succeeded in reading parts of an ancient scroll that was buried in a volcanic eruption almost 2,000 years ago, holding out the...

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Life in ancient oceans enabled by erosion from land

September 27, 2016

Over the last 540 million years, as the Earth's tectonic plates have shifted, MIT researchers have found that periods of major tectonic activity (orange lines) in the tropics (green belt) were likely triggers for ice ages during those same periods.

Tectonics in the tropics trigger Earth’s ice ages

March 16, 2019

Fossil discovery: Extraordinary ‘big-mouthed’ fish from Cretaceous Period

February 9, 2016

One of greatest mass extinctions was due to an ice age...

March 7, 2017

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