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Record-breaking drill core reaches 1.2 kilometres into Earth's mantle

A scientific drilling ship has burrowed further into Earth’s mantle than ever before, obtaining new clues about the processes that feed oceanic volcanoes and the possible origins of life

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Why criticisms of the proposed Anthropocene epoch miss the point

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Why criticisms of the proposed Anthropocene epoch miss the point

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GeoExplorersClub Variegated Landscapes Of The Madygen Geopark GeoExplorersClub Madygen Formation

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Can these awesome rocks become central Asia’s first UNESCO Geopark?

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3d rendered medically accurate illustration of amino acids

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Life’s vital chemistry may have begun in hot, cracked rock

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Spreading crushed basalt rock on a field in England

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Spreading rock dust on farms boosts crop yields and captures CO2

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Why supersonic, diamond-spewing volcanoes might be coming back to life

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Surprise decision not to define the Anthropocene shocks scientists

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Bacteria could help turn CO2 to rock under extreme conditions

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The second of four seamounts recently discovered by the team on Schmidt Ocean Institute

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Enormous underwater mountains discovered off west coast of Americas

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A0XHR7 Fall colored trees reflected off Crawford Lake Ontario Canada

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We might officially enter the Anthropocene epoch in 2024

Scientific bodies are due to make an official decision in the coming year about whether to declare a new geochronological unit precipitated by the impact of humans on Earth

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China started drilling ultra-deep holes in 2023 in a hunt for oil

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The moon may enter a new geological period thanks to human activity

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Stonehenge science: How archaeology reveals the stone circle's secrets

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Bits of an ancient planet called Theia may be buried in Earth’s mantle

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