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Helium-3 Dating Reveals Rapid Post-Impact Evolution in Ocean Plankton

A new Geology study recalibrates recovery timelines by using extraterrestrial dust as a steady clock for the K/Pg boundary.

Plate Spreading, Not Volcanic Arcs, Drove Earth’s Deep-Time Climate Shifts

Mars’ Gravity Helps Drive Earth’s Ice‑Age Cycles, New Simulations Show

Ancient Salt Yields First Direct Mesoproterozoic CO2, Indicating a Mild 1.4-Billion-Year Climate

Scientists Date Antarctica’s Oldest Ice and Air to 6 Million Years at Allan Hills

Science Study Identifies Ocean Feedback That Could Overcorrect Warming Into an Ice Age

Shocked Quartz at Three Clovis Sites Revives Case for Younger Dryas Comet Airburst

Nagaland Fossils Tie Antarctic Ice Growth to Early Indian Monsoon Intensification

Zanclean Megaflood Refilled Mediterranean Sea in Record-Shattering Event 5 Million Years Ago

Study Finds Massive Eocene Asteroid Impacts Had No Long-Term Climate Effects

Fossilized Dinosaur Poop Reveals Secrets of Their Evolutionary Success

Melting Arctic Ice Threatens Global Ocean Currents

Earliest Evidence of Coral-Algae Symbiosis Discovered in 385-Million-Year-Old Fossils

Study Suggests Earth Once Had Rings 466 Million Years Ago

New Study Reveals Earth's Temperature Fluctuations Over 485 Million Years

Mega El Niños Linked to Earth's Largest Mass Extinction

Ancient Viruses in Himalayan Ice Reveal Climate Adaptation

Freshwater Cycle on Earth Began 4 Billion Years Ago, New Study Reveals

Study Reveals Antarctic Circumpolar Current's Key Role in Climate Regulation

Thwaites Glacier Began Significant Retreat in 1940s, Study Finds