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Yellowstone National Park

Yellowstone ‘extremely relevant’ to origin of life

Geology Page - May 20, 2018

pillow basalts from undersea volcanic eruptions,

Which came first: Complex life or high atmospheric oxygen?

This is a Wyoming portion of The Phosphoria Formation, a deposit that stretches across several states in the western United States and is the largest source of phosphorus fertilizer in the country

Less life: Limited phosphorus recycling suppressed early Earth’s biosphere

Some of the coldest and darkest dust in space shines brightly in this infrared image from the Herschel Observatory.

Space dust may transport life between worlds, research suggests

Trilobite, Ordovician fossils

Oxygen levels link to ancient explosion of life, researchers find

A whiff from blue-green algae likely responsible for Earth’s oxygen

Geology Page - November 21, 2015

Baffin Island provides insights into origin of Earth’s water

Geology Page - November 13, 2015

Dust, Iron, and Life

Geology Page - November 10, 2015

Surprising source for ancient life biomarker found

Geology Page - October 20, 2015

Life on Earth likely started 4.1 billion years ago, much earlier...

Geology Page - October 19, 2015

Ancient alga knew how to survive on land before it left...

Geology Page - October 6, 2015

Comet

Comet impacts may have led to life on Earth

Geology Page - August 20, 2015

Origins of Life: New Model May Explain Emergence of Self-Replication on...

Geology Page - July 29, 2015

New evidence emerges on the origins of life

Geology Page - June 2, 2015

Labyrinths as crucibles of life

Geology Page - January 28, 2015

Reconstructed ancient ocean reveals secrets about the origin of life

Geology Page - April 26, 2014

New study outlines ‘water world’ theory of life’s origins

Geology Page - April 16, 2014

Ancient Minerals: Which Gave Rise to Life?

Geology Page - November 25, 2013

Paleontologist Presents Origin of Life Theory

Geology Page - October 30, 2013

Martian Clay Contains Chemical Implicated in the Origin of Life, Astrobiologists...

Geology Page - June 11, 2013

Ice Tubes in Polar Seas “Brinicles” or “Sea Stalactites” Provide Clues...

Geology Page - April 24, 2013

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Earth magnetic field. Credit: Carnegie Institution for Science

How does Earth sustain its magnetic field?

July 11, 2020

2D Life reconstruction Atuchin. Credit: © Andrey Atuchin

The ‘crazy beast’ that lived among the dinosaurs

January 10, 2021

To the breaking point: Testing ideas about the evolution of long-necked...

July 12, 2016

Life in the Precambrian may have been much livelier than previously...

May 19, 2017

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