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Category: Geology

Mining with acid-generating bacteria Sulfuric acid production by sulfur-oxidizing bacteria may be a solution to a long standing mining problem.

December 18, 2019 by Mackenzie Best Read More

Oxygen, nitrogen, and what happens when biology gets involved How the Great Oxidation Event and photosynthesis created the nitrogen cycle we know today

October 10, 2019 by Sciworthy Staff Read More

Can life hiding near Yellowstone National Park’s hot springs tell us about the ancient Earth? Sunlight-driven life hiding under layers of silica near Yellowstone’s hot springs may hold clues for what Earth was like billions of years ago

July 24, 2019 by Mary Sabuda Read More

Are the Building Blocks of Life From A Hydrothermal Vent? How studying hydrothermal systems gives us a window into our past

May 15, 2019 by Osama Alian Read More

Believe it or not, we can (kind of) measure the air pressure of early Earth! Blue-green algae's response to different nitrogen pressures may tell us what fossils to look for and what those fossils tell us about ancient air pressure.

February 13, 2019 by Sanjoy Som Read More

Using Gas Bubbles in Lava to Predict Ancient Air Pressure Scientists can estimate what the atmospheric pressure was on Earth 2.7 billion years ago, and the findings may help us understand how life formed

May 24, 2018 by Sumeet Kulkarni Read More

For a Cooler Climate, Just Add Ice Should scientists attempt to slow climate change by intentionally increasing the size of the Greenland Ice Sheet to reflect sunlight away from the planet?

March 15, 2018 by Sciworthy Staff Read More

Lasers and Fool’s Gold Give a Glimpse Into Our Ocean’s Past The amount of pyrite in the sea floor gives us an idea of how much oxygen was in the ocean millions of years ago.

January 30, 2018 by Daniel Gregory Read More

New Cavity Discovered in the Great Pyramid of Egypt Cosmic rays from space allowed scientists to detect a mysterious 4000 year old cavity deep in the Great Pyramid

November 15, 2017 by Sanjoy Som Read More

Lost & Found: The ancient Aitape Skull may be from the oldest known tsunami victim New research suggests that a skull fragment discovered in 1929 came from a tsunami victim some 6,000 years ago.

November 7, 2017 by Graham Lau Read More

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