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Layers of rock visible in a cliff in Nanliang, Shanxi, China.
Posted inNews

Mega El Niño May Have Led to Major Mass Extinction 252 Million Years Ago

by Rebecca Owen 11 October 202411 October 2024

The extreme climate conditions wrought by a decades-long ENSO pattern could be the culprit in the Great Dying, which wiped out nearly 90% of life on Earth.

A strikingly blue lake surrounded by the snowcapped rock walls of a volcano.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

New Details About a Very Old Eruption and Flood

by Saima May Sidik 9 October 20249 October 2024

One of the most dramatic volcanic eruptions in history occurred more than 1,000 years ago. Scientists are still piecing together the aftermath.

An artist’s depiction of the LCROSS mission, in which a hexagonal spacecraft, seen from behind, ejects a white cylindrical body to land on the Moon’s south pole.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Fifteen Years Later, Scientists Locate a Lunar Impact Site

by Nathaniel Scharping 9 October 202415 October 2024

The impact crater from NASA’s LCROSS mission lies hidden in an eternally dark region of the Moon.

Two side-by-side images show a glacier and mountain before and after a rockslide.
Posted inNews

Finding the Frequency of a Fjord

by J. Besl 9 October 202415 October 2024

A massive tsunami churned up a mysterious 9-day noise in East Greenland. As the climate warms, more fjords may start singing.

A desert mountain range at a distance.
Posted inNews

Iron-Rich Volcanoes Hold Hidden Rare Earth Element Reserves

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 4 October 202419 December 2024

Experiments show how concentrations of rare earth elements, critical to the green energy transition, might be hiding in plain sight in iron-rich deposits around the world.

An artist’s depiction of the Moon split in half, showing the mantle, the crust, an inner and outer core, and a low-viscosity zone between the mantle and the core
Posted inResearch Spotlights

The Moon’s Tides Hint at a Melty Lunar Layer

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 30 September 202419 February 2025

New lunar gravity measurements support the idea that a partially molten mantle layer is sandwiched between the rest of the Moon’s mantle and its core.

Two drawings by astronomer Johannes Kepler of circles with black dots indicating sunspots
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Kepler’s Drawings Might Reveal When the Sunspots Disappeared

by Matthew R. Francis 3 September 20243 September 2024

Johannes Kepler’s landmark 1607 sunspot observations may have been made at the end of the solar cycle, helping constrain the start of the Maunder Minimum.

瑞典的一个湖泊上,一名科学家从栈桥上探出身子,对湖泊的甲烷排放进行取样。
Posted inResearch Spotlights

53位专家对全球甲烷预算发表意见

Aaron Sidder, freelance science writer by Aaron Sidder 15 August 20243 February 2025

一项专家调查显示,全球甲烷评估的不确定性主要来自淡水、植被和沿海地区的数据。

Rocas grises bandeadas entre pasto verde y pequeñas flores blancas
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Sedimentos radiactivos podrían haber construido los cratones de la Tierra

Javier Barbuzano, Science Writer by Javier Barbuzano 2 August 20242 August 2024

La meteorización de los primeros continentes podría haber puesto en marcha la formación de cratones, las raíces inmutables de los continentes.

Red-tinted water flows in a shallow stretch of river, with a rocky shoreline and forested hillslope in the background.
Posted inScience Updates

How Great was the “Great Oxidation Event”?

by Aubrey Zerkle 30 July 202416 January 2025

Geochemical sleuthing amid acid mine runoff suggests that scientists should rethink an isotope signal long taken to indicate low levels of atmospheric oxygen in Earth’s deep past.

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