The guardians of the world’s official geological timescale have firmly rejected a proposal to declare an Anthropocene epoch, after an epic academic row. The proposal…
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Scientists unearth mysteries of giant, moving Moroccan star dune
They are impressive, mysterious structures that loom out of deserts on the Earth and are also found on Mars and on Saturn’s biggest moon, Titan.…
View More Scientists unearth mysteries of giant, moving Moroccan star dune‘Supercontinent’ could make Earth uninhabitable in 250m years, study predicts
The formation of a supercontinent on Earth could wipe out humans and any other mammals that are still around in 250m years, according to a…
View More ‘Supercontinent’ could make Earth uninhabitable in 250m years, study predictsReanimated spiders and smart toilets triumph at Ig Nobel prizes
From using dead spiders to grip objects to probing the weird feeling that occurs when the same word is written over and over again, researchers…
View More Reanimated spiders and smart toilets triumph at Ig Nobel prizesCountry diary: I rest against a mighty cairn that’s visible for miles | Jim Perrin
A bright, cold day promises firm going across the miry moorland that leads to the fine, remote hill of Drygarn Fawr, presiding spirit of what…
View More Country diary: I rest against a mighty cairn that’s visible for miles | Jim PerrinTerrawatch: Santorini braces as explosive volcano stirs
It has been quiet for nearly 400 years, but Kolumbo, an underwater volcano just off the Greek island of Santorini, is not asleep. A previously…
View More Terrawatch: Santorini braces as explosive volcano stirsMap may prove ‘Welsh Atlantis’ rooted in fact, say academics
It is believed to be the Welsh Atlantis, a lost land lying below the water at Cardigan Bay. For at least 800 years, tales have…
View More Map may prove ‘Welsh Atlantis’ rooted in fact, say academicsClimate crisis: what lessons can we learn from the last great cooling-off period?
In early February 1814, an elephant walked across the surface of the Thames near Blackfriars Bridge in London. The stunt was performed during the frost…
View More Climate crisis: what lessons can we learn from the last great cooling-off period?Ammonites were jet set of the Mesozoic era, say scientists
Analysis of an extraordinary fossil discovered in a Gloucestershire gravel pit has given fresh insight into how an ancient sea creature swam through oceans and…
View More Ammonites were jet set of the Mesozoic era, say scientistsHot news from two billion years ago: plankton actually moved mountains
The mighty forces that created our planet’s mountains in ancient days got some unexpected help, scientists have discovered. Their research shows some of Earth’s greatest…
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