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The Siberian Traps, the scene of ancient volcanic eruptions 252 million years ago that led to a massive extinction of life on Earth. CCNY researchers Ellen Gales and Benjamin Black obtained samples for their study there.

A twist in the story of volcanic eruptions and mass extinctions

Allosaurus jimmadseni

New species of Allosaurus discovered in Utah

Credit: University of St Andrews

Hidden past of Earth’s oldest continents unearthed

For nearly a week, a series of earthquakes have been shaking the area around Grindavik, not far from the steaming waters of the "Blue Lagoon," a popular geothermal spa in southwestern Iceland on the Reykjanes Peninsula

Icelandic volcano swell signals potential eruption

Core samples from the fault zone of the Japan Trench were recovered by the JFAST project and analyzed for evidence of past large earthquakes.

Seismic biomarkers in Japan Trench fault zone reveal history of large...

A map of Vancouver Island showing the locations of seismic instruments considered by the research group. The grey shaded region delineates where slow earthquakes occur.

Researchers find evidence to explain behavior of slow earthquakes

The Yarrabubba Impact Structure.

Earth’s oldest asteroid strike linked to ‘big thaw’

Illustrated scene of dinosaurs and asteroid.

In death of dinosaurs, it was all about the asteroid –...

Impact illustration. Credit: Victor Leshyk

It was microbial mayhem in the Chicxulub crater, research suggests

Fault zone with broken rock inside stippled lines and faulting directions of each rock segment outlined by half arrows. Photo credit: Henrik Drake. Illustration: Mikael Tillberg.

A new method for dating ancient earthquakes

The fossil (left) was unearthed in Wisconsin in 1985. Scientists analyzed it and discovered the ancient animal's respiratory and circulatory organs (center) were near-identical to those of a modern-day scorpion (right).

Fossil is the oldest-known scorpion

Satellite image of the Gibraltar Arc. Credit: NASA

Lithospheric thickening beneath the Betics and Rif mountains pulls down the...

Charoite

Charoite : What is Charoite Stone? How is Charoite Formed?

Topaz Color

Topaz Color : What Color Is Topaz? What causes color in...

An example of a Pallasite meteorite (from the Esquel fall) on display in the Vale Inco Limited Gallery of Minerals at the Royal Ontario Museum.

Meteorite contains the oldest material on Earth: 7-billion-year-old stardust

A fossilized cloudinomorph from the Montgomery Mountains near Pahrump, Nevada. This is representative of the fossil that was analyzed in the study.

Scientists find oldest-known fossilized digestive tract – 550 million years

Mexican Fire Agate

Fire Agate : What is fire agate? How fire agate is...

100 million-year-old amber piece with lizard leg and mycomycete (arrow).

100 million years in amber: Researchers discover oldest fossilized slime mold

The skull of the juvenile T. rex, "Jane", was slender with knife-like teeth, having not yet grown big enough to crush bone.

Researchers learn more about teen-age T. rex

Fossil cast of a fin from a juvenile Sauripterus taylori, a late Devonian fish with primitive features of tetrapods.

How fish fins evolved just before the transition to land

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