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Gray rocks uncovered in northern Nunavik, Quebec, Canada may be the ultimate primordial find. The stones date back 4.16 ...
June 19, 2025 — During Earth's ancient Snowball periods, when the entire planet was wrapped in ice, life may have endured in tiny meltwater ponds on the surface of equatorial glaciers.
In the face of deadly heat, will mankind respond to climate change in time? Listen to this story get unpacked on The Excerpt.
Scientists uncovered ancient avocado remains in a Honduran cave, offering genetic clues that could protect the crop from ...
People have lived in Big Sky Country for a little more than 10,000 years. But living things creeped and crawled and swam ...
In a fascinating find beneath the waves of the Barents Sea, researchers have discovered anunderwater mud volcano dating back ...
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Built in 1915 by the eldest Ringling brother as a gift to his beloved hometown, this opulent “Palace for the People” brings French-inspired architectural grandeur to small-town Wisconsin without the ...
The highest volcano in the world is Cerro Ojos del Salado. It is a stratovolcano in South America’s Central Volcanic Zone, reaching an impressive 6893 meters above sea level (or at least above ...
Jared Wildenradt has hiked the Ice AgeTrail nine times. Lisa Siewert is mapping the geologic highlights of the path. They ...
Many of us are woefully uninformed about what, exactly, the Ice Age was. It was... cold? But it turns out this period you ...
Scientists have identified what could be the oldest rocks on Earth from a rock formation in Canada. The Nuvvuagittuq ...