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Drone photo of a shoal in the Turks and Caicos Islands
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Old Idea Spurs New Research into Origins of Carbonate Mudstones

Aaron Sidder, freelance science writer by Aaron Sidder 12 April 201926 October 2022

Using modern techniques, scientists tested an old hypothesis about carbonate mud production to shift the thinking about rocks that are used as seawater archives and a source of petroleum.

Artwork by Anastasia Grigoryeva depicting solar wind as it affects the Martian atmosphere
Posted inResearch Spotlights

How Mars Lost Steam

by E. Underwood 11 April 201915 March 2023

Solar winds are not the main culprit in stripping the planet’s atmosphere, a new study suggests.

Artist’s depiction of a newly forming solar system, which preserves conditions of its birth in isotopes and their ratios for billions of years
Posted inFeatures

Isotope Geochemists Glimpse Earth’s Impenetrable Interior

Lucas Joel by L. Joel 1 March 20195 January 2022

Painstaking measurements of isotopes and their relative abundance in rocks have illuminated the hidden inner Earth and our planet’s origins and shadowy past for much of the preceding century.

Chemostratigraphy is a comparatively new method for the characterization and interpretation of rock records over different periods of geologic time
Posted inEditors' Vox

Unravelling the Past Using Elements and Isotopes

by A. N. Sial, C. Gaucher, M. Ramkumar and V. P. Ferreira 12 February 201922 August 2023

A new book explores chemostratigraphy, a fascinating and relatively young branch of geoscience, presenting the latest developments and applications.

A view of Yellowknife Bay in Mars’s Gale crater
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Researchers Bring Early Martian Water Chemistry to Life

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 25 January 20193 January 2023

Lab experiments constrain conditions necessary for a key mineral to have formed in ancient lagoons and a crater lake.

Polystyrene insulation in waste heap
Posted inNews

“Eco-friendly” Flame Retardant May Have Eco-poor Breakdown

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 22 January 201923 March 2023

These flame retardants replaced earlier chemicals known to degrade into environmentally harmful by-products. The newer compounds may do the same thing.

A satellite view of Saharan dust plumes over the Atlantic Ocean
Posted inResearch Spotlights

A Novel Approach Reveals Element Cycles in the Ocean

Aaron Sidder, freelance science writer by Aaron Sidder 16 January 201928 January 2022

Dissolved thorium isotopes light the way to a more thorough understanding of how different elements enter marine environments—and how long they stay there.

Carbonate mineral towers in the Lost City, an undersea hydrothermal field in the Atlantis Massif in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Posted inScience Updates

In Search of Life Under the Seafloor

by G. L. Früh-Green and B. N. Orcutt 10 January 201914 March 2023

A multinational research team drilled into the seafloor to see whether chemical processes in exposed shallow mantle rocks could generate nutrients to support life in the subsurface.

Phytoplankton bloom in the Tasman Sea captured by the MODIS instrument on the Aqua satellite on 21 November 2017.
Posted inFeatures

Interpreting Mosaics of Ocean Biogeochemistry

by Andrea Fassbender, A. Bourbonnais, S. Clayton, P. Gaube, M. Omand, P. J. S. Franks, M. A. Altabet and D. J. McGillicuddy Jr. 17 December 201816 April 2025

Advances in technology and modeling capabilities are driving a surge in progress in our understanding of how ocean ecosystems mix and mingle on medium to small scales.

3D rendering of an O. megalodon shark
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Extinct Megatoothed Shark May Have Been Warm-Blooded

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 11 December 201826 January 2023

Preliminary results from a recent study may begin to shed light on why megalodons died out before the most recent ice age.

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