geology

Impact structure in Amelia Crater, Australia. Credit: NASA

600 million years ago, an asteroid impact shook the Earth – and its effects may still linger

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How an ancient impact on Australia may have triggered global changes in climate and ocean chemistry
The Homo erectus tribe participates in the hunt. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Continuing the Tracing of Human Descent: The Impact of Climate on Out-of-Africa Migration

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Sediment studies in the Mediterranean reveal the existence of a green corridor in the Sahara desert that emerged at the exact time when our ancestors migrated from Africa about 2.1 million years ago
Mediterranean. Illustration: depositphotos.com

A historical window to the Mediterranean Sea

Following the drying up of the Mediterranean Sea about five million years ago, valleys developed in its southeast that are about eight kilometers wide and about 1,000 meters deep
Volcanic cone at Kilauea volcano in Hawaii. Source: United States Geological Survey / GE Ulrich.

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Sandstorm in Iraq, 2005. Photo: Corporal Alicia M. Garcia, US Marine Corps.

The genetics of dust storms

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The Dead Sea. Photo: David Shankbone, Wikimedia.

Researchers have found evidence of the agricultural revolution under the bottom of the Dead Sea

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Loud and boisterous

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In order to survive for millions of years, humanity must find ways to protect the Earth. Source: Don Davis.

Questions for the future of humanity: Can the human race avoid extinction?

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The drilling rig from which the core was mined. Source: Prof. Motti Stein - The Hebrew University.

The Dead Sea records global climate changes in the last 200 thousand years 

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XNUMXD visualization of the Tamo Massif submarine volcano, east of the coast of Japan. Illustration: Will Sager, University of Houston

The largest volcano on Earth has been discovered - under the waters of the Pacific Ocean

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A nugget of raw gold from Venezuela. From Wikipedia

The gold came to us from the sky in meteorites

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Prof. Zvi Ben Avraham (right) and Tal Hartman

A comprehensive survey to locate unknown fragments on the bottom of the Red Sea in Eilat and Aqaba

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Lake Nyos

"vibrant" lakes

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Sinkhole in the Dead Sea. Photographed by Eliezer Schwartz, Jerusalem. From: Wikipedia

The Dead Sea - a proposal for a (partial) solution

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dust storm

dust

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

A large rift in Africa may become a new ocean

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

The Paran plains are the oldest preserved landscape

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Locate the sinkholes while they are still small

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

The oldest rocks on Earth have been found

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Australian geologist "accidentally" discovered a crater using Google Earth

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