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Chuandianella ovata, an extinct shrimp-like crustacean.
Fossils

Paleonursery offers rare, detailed glimpse at life 518 million years ago

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Nierra Negra Volcano on the Galapagos Islands
Volcanoes

New model for shield volcano eruption

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A "Plume" in the Earth's mantle, i.e. a surge of hot material, caused the Indian Plate to spin off. (Graphic: Alisha Steinberger)
plate tectonics

Supervolcano fed from Earth’s mantle caused crustal plates to rotate

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Ordovician black shales of the Mount Hare Formation, Road River Group (approximately 465 million years old) rise above conglomerates of the Aberdeen Member. The dangerous rapids of Aberdeen Canyon (Nan Zhak Nadhàdlaii), created by the Peel River cutting through the resistant conglomerates, appear at bottom left. (Image credit: Erik Sperling)
Paleontology

Longest known continuous record of the Paleozoic discovered in Yukon wilderness

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Upper molar of Altaynycteris aurora. Credit: Li Qiang
Fossils

Researchers detail the most ancient bat fossil ever discovered in Asia

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Boriana Kalderon-Asael conducts field work at a Middle-Upper Ordovician outcrop near Reedsville, Penn. Credit: Ashleigh Hood
climate

Earth’s climate life story, 3 billion years in the making

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The Alum Shale, here an example of a coastal deposit, consists of quartz and potassium Feldspar clasts as well as conspicuous Pyrite crystals (here: white) embedded in a clayey matrix. Scanning electron micrograph (scale: lower image edge length corresponds to approx. 40 μm). Credit: Schulz, GFZ
Earth

A rock with many perspectives

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Gold in pyrite
Mineral Researches

‘Fool’s gold’ not so foolish after all

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The asteroid belt between Jupiter and Mars is the main source of extraterrestrial material that lands on Earth. (Illustration: ESA/ATG Medialab)
Meteorites

Earth’s meteorite impacts over past 500 million years tracked

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Uskiella spargen a small plant whose axes divide several times before bearing oval sporangia. Credit : Cyrille Prestianni
Fossils

Discovery of the oldest plant fossils on the African continent!

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