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Even when Earth was locked in a global deep freeze, its climate may have kept moving. Ancient rocks reveal seasonal and decade scale cycles beneath the ice during Snowball Earth.

Gravity feels reliable—stable and consistent enough to count on. But reality is far stranger than our intuition. In truth, ...

Scientists at the University of Southampton have uncovered evidence from ancient rocks that Earth's climate continued to ...

Pink boulders led scientists to a massive granite formation buried under Antarctica’s ice, solving a decades-old geological mystery.

Pink boulders led scientists to a massive granite formation buried under Antarctica’s ice, solving a decades-old geological ...

Two enormous and enigmatic masses of hot rock near the planet's core may play a crucial role in generating the Earth's ...

Learn about the continent-sized rocks hidden deep within Earth's mantle that have influenced the magnetic field for millions ...

High in the Canadian wilderness, Smithsonian scientists search for ancient minerals that could explain the origins of the continents, oceans and life on Earth Emma Saaty NMNH research geologist ...

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