An outcrop called ‘the Bubble’ on Eileach an Naoimh (Holy Isle). It shows a huge white rock fragment, tens of metres across, which was originally part of the underlying rock sequence. The layering in the carbonate rock has been squeezed tightly under immense pressure and transported by thick ice sheets to its final resting as one of many different rock fragments within a moraine. Credit: Graham Shields

Scottish and Irish rocks confirmed as rare record of ‘snowball Earth’

Structure layers of the earth.

Researchers unveil mysteries of ancient Earth

Effect of Al + H incorporation on the sound velocities of superhydrous phase B Schematic representation of the incorporation of aluminum together with water (as Al + H) in the crystal structure of superhydrous phase B. credit : Geodynamics Research Center, Ehime University

Water delivered to the mantle by aluminum enriched hydrated slabs?

Satellite image of the Great Escarpment in southern Africa from the Sentinel Hub Earth Observation Browser. Taken using the Sentinel-2 L1C dataset, in May 2020. Credit: Prof Tom Gernon, University of Southampton.

Scientists uncover hidden forces causing continents to rise

Drone imagery of April 2024 eruption at Sundhnúkur, Iceland. Photo: Geoffrey Cook/Scripps Oceanography

Millions of years for plants to recover from global warming

A reconstructed image of Pakudyptes at a New Zealand coast. PHOTO: Tatsuya Shinmura & Ashoro Museum of Paleontology

Fossil shows how penguins’ wings evolved

Skeleton of the largest-known T. rex (foreground) and silhouette of the largest possible giant T. rex. Credit: Mark Witton.

Scientists assess how large dinosaurs could really get

The Syndyoceras existed for 4.2 million years during the Cenozoic era on the North American continent. This skeletal display can be found in the University of Nebraska State Museum–Morill Hall.

Research tracks 66 million years of mammalian diversity

Komodo dragon. Credit: Charlotte Ellis, Zoological Society of London

Komodo dragons have iron-coated teeth to rip apart their prey

Benggwigwishingasuchus eremicarminis on the Panthalassan Ocean coast artwork by Jorge Gonzalez

A new species of extinct crocodile relative rewrites life on the...

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