American Chemical Society11h
Fluorescent caves could explain how life persists in extraterrestrial environments
Deep below Earth’s surface, rock and mineral formations lay hidden with a secret brilliance. Under a black light, the ...
The Nevada Independent1d
Southern Nevada teachers spend part of spring break learning about mining, earth science
Southern Nevada teachers spend part of spring break learning about mining, earth science. Read more from The Nevada ...
Scaling a mountain, NASA rover sends home glorious Martian view
From its perch in the foothills of the 3.4-mile-high mountain, you can see over an expanse of plains, called Aeolis Palus, ...
The Daily Galaxy on MSN5h
Curiosity Rover Finds Sulfur Crystals In Martian Rock
NASA’s Curiosity rover has uncovered intriguing traces of sulfur crystals embedded in Martian rock formations, adding weight ...
The New Yorker11h
The Government’s Rock Librarian
Her work was so quiet and fundamental—to academia and industry, all over the world—that she believed her job would be safe.
ZME Science on MSN6d
Scientists Say the Moon Was Once a Giant Ocean of Molten Rock
China’s Chang’e 6 mission uncovers evidence of a molten lunar magma ocean and a violent ancient impact.
Ocean dumping – or a climate solution? A growing industry bets on the ocean to capture carbon
Dozens of companies and academic groups are pitching the same theory: that sinking rocks, nutrients, crop waste or seaweed in ...
Ocean dumping or climate solution? Inside the race to lock away planet-warming carbon in our seas
Planetary is using magnesium oxide to create that vacuum. When dissolved into seawater, it transforms carbon dioxide from a ...
Japan Today23h
Race to name creatures of the deep as mining interest grows
In the cold, lightless Pacific Ocean deep, the seabed is scattered with metal-rich rocks coveted by miners -- and huge ...
How Oceans Can Capture Carbon
Sinking rocks, nutrients, crop waste or seaweed in the ocean could lock away climate-warming carbon dioxide for centuries or more.