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ANCIENT VOLCANOES
3 billion years ago, water may have been shaping Earth’s ancient volcanoes — scientists uncover a clue to how it reached the planet’s deep interiorAncient rocks reveal water moved deep underground over three billion years ago. This process, called dripduction, occurred before modern pl...- A national park larger than Yosemite was born after Ohio-born fashion moghul donated 725,000 acres in 1990 to save wildlife and forestOhio-born fashion mogul Douglas Tompkins shifted from business to conservation, beginning work to protect Chilean forests in 1992. His Tomp...
- 12,000 years ago, Yellowstone’s dry summers began leaving a charcoal trail in its lakes. 6,000 years later, researchers found the same climate pattern linked to lower lake levels and reduced hydrothermal activityYellowstone lake sediments preserved ancient climate and environmental records. Warmer, drier summers between 12,000 and 6,000 years ago br...
- 112 million years ago, a rainforest thrived in what is now Ecuador; amber from the lost Early Cretaceous forest preserved insects, pollen, and a strand of spider webScientists discovered ancient amber in Ecuador's Napo Province, dating back 112 million years. This amber contains preserved insects and sp...
- In 2012, NASA's Curiosity Rover discovered a home, now that 96-mile wide Gale Crater is sparking claims of finding doorway to a long lost civilization in MarsNASA, the European Space Agency, and other international partners continue planning ambitious explorations of Mars, including efforts to re...
- Did violent volcanic eruptions create modern humans? A landmark 2016 study linking the East African Rift Valley to Homo sapiens around 300,000 years ago says they may haveDid violent volcanic eruptions create modern humans? New science says yes. Hundreds of thousands of years ago, massive eruptions shook the ...
- In 2007, scientists found giant underwater domes off California; the truth was stranger than anyone expectedMysterious underwater domes off California were identified as ancient asphalt volcanoes. These formations originated from hardened crude oi...
- Centuries Ago, a Hidden Catastrophe Shaped One of America's Most Dangerous Volcanoes That Still Matters TodayMount Rainier remains one of America's most iconic mountains, attracting hikers, climbers and nature lovers from around the world. Yet its ...
- This Qatari royal bought an European villa for $395 million, bigger than Vatican City. The Sardinian estate features 126 rooms, remote-controlled erupting volcano, secret cave to hide from drones and moreSheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani acquired Villa Certosa for €350 million which is Europe’s most ostentatious villa. This Sardinia...
- NASA's Perseverance discovers a rich cache of organic molecules on Mars, suggesting the building blocks of life were widespread on the ancient Red PlanetLife on Mars: Scientists have detected complex organic matter in an ancient river valley on Mars, specifically within Jezero Crater. This d...
- Lost world of birds and frogs: Scientists open a million-year-old cave time capsule in New Zealand, where 12 bird species and four frogs reveal a lost world reshaped by volcanoes and climate long before humans arrivedA remarkable fossil discovery in a New Zealand cave has unveiled a lost world of ancient birds and frogs, dating back one million years. Th...
- 7,300 years later: One of Earth’s most explosive volcanoes is quietly reloading - here's where it is and why it mattersScientists say the Kikai volcano near Japan is slowly filling with magma again after thousands of years. The underwater caldera shows steam...
- Antarctica hides massive secrets under its vast ice shelves, scientists are just finding out the detailsScientists have made remarkable discoveries beneath Antarctica's million-year-old ice, revealing ancient landscapes, subglacial lakes teemi...
- Campi Flegrei: Is the volcano that erupted nearly 500 years ago, active again?Scientists said that a volcanic field in Italy named "Campi Flegrei" that erupted 500 years ago may be on the verge of blowing up again. He...
- Volcanic CO2 to blame for warmest period in 66 mn yearsLondon, Sep 1 (IANS) The most rapid and extreme natural global warming event of the last 66 million years was driven by massive carbon diox...
- Return with a fascinating tale as souvenir! Easter Island in Chile continues to fascinate travellersThe simple hotels, peaceful atmosphere and breathtaking scenery is infectious.
- Volcanoes erupted under ice sheet on ancient MarsNew evidence from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter suggests there was extensive ice on ancient Mars, researchers said.
- Pluto may have giant icy volcanoes: NASAThe two cryovolcano candidates are large features measuring tens of kilometres across and several kilometres high, NASA said.
- World's largest chain of volcanoes discovered in AustraliaThe volcanic chain is reportedly running from Cape Hillsborough on the central Queensland coast, south-west through central New South Wales...
- World's largest chain of volcanoes found in AustraliaThe world's longest chain of continental volcanoes created over the past 33 million years have been found in eastern Australia stretching f...
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