Depictions of large asteroids striking Earth, which, during parts of its early history, would have had a much thicker atmosphere than it does today. Credits: NASA with modifications by Stephen Mojzsis

A new timeline of Earth’s cataclysmic past

Jesse leaning against the fresh fault scarp of the Kekerengu fault, next to some of the curved slickenlines. Credit: Professor Tim Little

Rock scratches hint at future quakes

The 23-million-year-old bones of the newly-discovered giant, Simbakubwa kutokaafrika, had been left for nearly 40 years in a drawer

Hidden mysteries lie in wait inside Kenya’s fossil treasury

A diagrammatic representation of the Earth in the Archaean showing subducted ocean floor carrying its chemical signature into the deep mantle. The signature which includes water and chlorine is preserved in melt inclusions contained within olivine and carried back up to surface within komatiite lava flows.

Ancient drop of water rewrites Earth’s history

An electron scanning microscope picture of an ash sample from a 55,500 years old ash layer in the NGRIP ice core. The ash shards are the larger pieces that look like broken glass. The colours are not true. The white bar at the bottom left represents 1/10 mm. Credit: University of Copenhagen

Synchronization of ice cores using volcanic ash layers

A flightless dinosaur called Similicaudipteryx uses its feathers in a mating display. U of A researchers looked at how such displays may have helped dinosaurs evolve feathers that eventually allowed them to fly. Credit: Sydney Mohr

Sex appeal helped dinosaurs take flight

Ngwevu intloko skull. Credit: Kimberley Chapelle

New species of early dinosaur described from South Africa

This fossilized tree leaf, is the first of their kind to have been found in the area. Alexandre Demers-Potvin, used the samples he collected to establish that Eastern Canada would have had a warm temperate and fully humid climate during the middle of Cretaceous period. Credit: Alexandre Demers-Potvin

Newly discovered Labrador fossils give clues about ancient climate

Marine Denolle (right) and her team, including Jiuxun Yin (left) and Brad Lipovsky, created numerical models to predict an earthquake’s final magnitude 10 to 15 seconds faster than today’s best algorithms. Credit: Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard Staff Photographer

Predicting the strength of earthquakes

Volcano magma chamber. Credit: Cardiff University

Scientists uncover deep-rooted plumbing system beneath ocean volcanoes

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