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Category: Geology

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How complex plants reshaped the oceans

Posted on May 15, 2025June 25, 2025 by Sciworthy

Researchers found that when complex plants evolved, they increased ocean oxygen and massively restructured the marine ecosystem.

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    Geologists identify a new way copper ore forms

    Posted on May 1, 2025June 25, 2025 by Sciworthy

    Researchers found that massive copper ore deposits in central Arizona formed from melted crust rather than melted mantle.

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      Storms cause acids to enlarge our aquifers

      Posted on February 13, 2025June 26, 2025 by Sciworthy

      Researchers found that sulfuric and nitric acids from human activities dissolve more limestone in aquifers than they previously thought,…

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        How complex life arose under extreme stress

        Posted on August 12, 2024June 26, 2025 by Meri Herrero

        Scientists discovered molecules that helped the first complex life forms build strong cell membranes to withstand extreme environments.

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          Remains of the Moon could be lurking inside Earth

          Posted on July 1, 2024June 26, 2025 by Sciworthy

          Scientists used models to test whether remnants of the moon-forming impactor, Theia, are present deep within the Earth.

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            Researchers used bottled “lightning” to make ingredients for life

            Posted on June 20, 2024June 26, 2025 by Sciworthy

            Scientists used spark discharge experiments to test whether lightning converted enough nitrogen to a usable form to support the origins of…

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              How quickly did life recover from the end-Permian mass extinction?

              Posted on June 17, 2024June 26, 2025 by Sciworthy

              Paleontologists described exceptionally well-preserved fossils of a complex marine ecosystem that developed within 1 million years of a…

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                Can scientists predict catastrophic floods?

                Posted on May 30, 2024June 26, 2025 by Sciworthy

                Researchers showed river structure and moisture conditions can help predict large-scale flood events.

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                  Scientists found a new way diamonds are made and destroyed

                  Posted on May 23, 2024June 26, 2025 by Sciworthy

                  Geologists examined CT images of diamonds from southern Africa to determine what happens to them underground.

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                    How did nautiloids survive​​ extinction?

                    Posted on May 20, 2024June 26, 2025 by Sciworthy

                    Researchers found nautiloids outlived other shelly creatures in the late-Cretaceous extinction because they had slower metabolisms.

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