The planet's magnetic field may have collapsed around 600 million years ago, enabling a major oxygenation event and perhaps supercharging evolution. A near collapse of Earth's magnetic field may ...
Our geomagnetic field is one of the things that is different about Earth as opposed to say, Venus or Mars. It acts as a ...
A new study suggests more solar radiation reached Earth while the magnetic field weakened, leading to a rise in oxygen that drove an explosion of multicellular organisms during the Ediacaran ...
A near collapse of Earth's magnetic field may have paved the way for life to evolve past the microscopic stage. New research on ancient rocks from South Africa and Brazil suggests that Earth's ...
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Fossil impression of Dickinsonia, an example of Ediacaran fauna, found in present-day Australia. Credit: Shuhai Xiao/Virginia Tech. Millions of years ago, during a period called the Ediacaran ...
A team of archaeologists affiliated with multiple institutions in Spain has used a new dating technique to more accurately estimate time differences between Paleolithic Age hearth fires.
Rescue teams in South Africa forged ahead Monday with efforts to find any survivors still trapped under rubble a week after an apartment building that was under construction collapsed. Their hopes ...
Rescue teams in South Africa have forged ahead with efforts to find any survivors still trapped under rubble a week after an apartment building that was under construction collapsed. Their hopes were ...