A new international study using ancient swamp kauri from Northland shows that Earth’s magnetic field flipped 42,000 years ago ...

A perfectly preserved ancient tree fossil offered scientists an unprecedented view into a moment 42,000 years ago when the ...

Study of 10 million-year-old ferromanganese crusts reveals mysterious beryllium-10 anomaly, opening new pathways for ...

There seems to be too much of a radioactive element in rocks deep in the Pacific Ocean – how did it get there 10 million ...

As for direct measurements of solar radiation, they only date back to the space age ... In contrast, estimates based on terrestrial archives (green squares), such as tree rings and ice cores, indicate ...

Auroras have long mystified humanity. Now that we know what they are and why they happen, we can better predict how best to ...

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The Greenland shark holds the title as the longest-lived vertebrate on Earth, with some individuals potentially reaching 500 years of age. This elusive deep-sea predator, found in the frigid waters of ...

Similar to the way scientists study a tree’s rings or examine a cave’s stalactites ... “That would probably get beneath the effects of radiation, so we’d be able to see things we haven ...