Tag: Earth Science in the News
Did Meteorites Deliver Life to Earth?
Did life erupt spontaneously here on Earth, or did it arrive from space? Three meteorites suggest that the “right stuff” to create life may...
The Perseid Meteor Show Is Coming – Watch for It!
By Jim Brace-Thompson
As our good Mother Earth orbits its Sun, we come into regular collision courses with leftover debris from comets, asteroids, and other...
The Exciting Case of China’s ‘Dragon Man’
By Jim Brace-Thompson
The story reads like an exciting detective yarn complete with wartime drama, a deathbed confession, and a name just made for newspaper...
Botswana Produces the World’s Third-Largest Diamond
By Jim Brace-Thompson
They say diamonds are judged by the 4Cs: color, clarity, cut, and carat weight. But when a new diamond is dug up,...
That Great Sucking You Hear Is the Sound of the Ground...
By Jim Brace-Thompson
An article in a recent issue of the journal Science calls it “the hidden crisis beneath our feet.”
As populations increase and...
Sounding Out Beneath the Sea for the Next ‘Big One’ in...
By Jim Brace-Thompson
Deep down far beneath the waves of the ocean lapping the Pacific Northwest is a gash some 810 miles long referred to...
Coleville Earthquake Sends Rocks Flying across the Road
By Jim Brace-Thompson
On the afternoon of July 8, 2021, clouds of dust rose from mountains, and boulders rained down on a highway in the...
A New and Unusual “Quasicrystal” Described
By Jim Brace-Thompson
A newly discovered crystal has been dated at 76 years old. I’d wager it’s pretty unusual for a geologist to say with...
“Rotten Eggs” Hint of Early Life on Earth
By Jim Brace-Thompson
“We noticed the intense smell of rotten eggs when we crushed them.” So said geobiologist Helge Mißbach (University of Cologne, Germany). Mißbach...
Birds and Dinosaurs: The Dividing Line Gets Ever Thinner
By Jim Brace-Thompson
Although some might beg to differ, most paleontologists now tend to agree: birds are dinosaurs! Specifically, avian theropod dinosaurs. New research suggests...
