Topic: Earth Science
Dino Prints Match Continents

Dino Prints Match Continents

One of the reasons we study the Moon is to help us understand the history of our own planet Earth. The shifting continents and weather patterns of Earth join forces to erase our world’s history. Occasionally, however, our planet reveals its past through the rocks beneath our feet. Rocks that may once have been beneath dinosaurs’ feet. In one of my favorite stories of the year, paleontologists studying dinosaur tracks in Brazil and Cameroon - on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean, have a discovered fossilized game trail created by 3 toed theropods. The footprints on both sides of the ocean...

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Dear Future Self: Let’s Talk Climate Change

Dear Future Self: Let’s Talk Climate Change

Credit: NOAA Recent research published in Science Advances and led by Madalina Vlascenu finds that when it comes to climate change, we can’t scare people straight. Stories of gloom and doom focused on the fate of our world don’t inspire people to change their ways and...

Caught on Camera and Apprehended

Caught on Camera and Apprehended

Mohutsiwa Gabadirwe (center of photo) and Peter Jenniskens (left, kneeling) at the site of the second find of a piece of asteroid 2018 LA recovered in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve in central Botswana. Credit: SETI Institute Our Solar System contains a whole lot...

Closer Look: Earth’s Magnetic Field

Closer Look: Earth’s Magnetic Field

Image by PDPics from Pixabay One of the great myths we learn from TV and books is that you can take a compass and follow it to the North Pole.Folks, I am here to tell you that if you take a compass and follow its pointy little needle, it will take you to Northern...

Closer Look: The Requirements for Life

Closer Look: The Requirements for Life

Hydrothermal-vent chimney. In the center of the photo, you can see the vent fluid which appears like dark smoke due to the high levels of minerals and sulfides contained in the fluid. Look closely, and you will also see the chimney is crawling with Chorocaris shrimp...

Closer Look: It’s Volcano Time

Closer Look: It’s Volcano Time

Credit: Berserkur via Wikimedia Commons One of the daily activities that is helping me stay sane is volcano watching. I love volcanoes. I especially enjoy when they erupt in places that have webcams but don’t affect the lives of people. Unfortunately, those are both...