Scientists have discovered that the Earth's magnetic field 3.5 billion years ago was only half as strong as it is today, sciencedaily.com writes.
 Naturen på EggakantenAnalyser av sammensetning av arter observert i felt under MAREANO-tokt i 2009 indikerer at det er fem ulike generelle naturtyper på havbunnen i Eggakanten-området, skriver mareano.no. 09.03.2010
Les hele saken |  Hydrotermale ventilerScientists have found evidence of hydrothermal vents on the seafloor near Antarctica, formerly a blank spot on the map for researchers wanting to learn more about seafloor formation and the bizarre life forms drawn to these extreme environments, sciencedaily.com writes. 08.03.2010
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 Sjeldne edelstenerAll gemstones are rare; some are just harder to find than others. The stones in this series come from only one or two localities in the entire world. See pictures and read about eight rare gems at discovery.com. 08.03.2010
Les hele saken |  "The missing link"?A fossil that was celebrated last year as a possible "missing link" between humans and early primates is actually a forebearer of modern-day lemurs and lorises, utexas.edu writes. 07.03.2010
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Geologists have found evidence that sea ice extended to the equator 716.5 million years ago, bringing new precision to a "snowball Earth" event long suspected to have taken place around that time, sciencedaily.com says.
The Cretaceous-Tertiary mass extinction, which wiped out the dinosaurs and more than half of species on Earth, was caused by an asteroid. Read more about the comprehensive review published in Science, at sciencedaily.com.
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The massive magnitude 8.8 earthquake in Chile shortened Earth's day by about 1.26 microseconds and nudged the planet's axis of balanced mass a couple of inches. Those aren't big numbers, but it takes a lot to move the entire planet, see the "Top 5 Ways to Mess With Earth's Day" on discovery.com.
Moderne dybdemålinger med multistråleekkolodd har avdekket opp mot 40 meter høye korallrev i området Hola utenfor Vesterålen i Nord-Norge. Skyggerelieff basert på en detaljert tredimensjonal terrengmodell ligger nå åpent for innsyn, skriver mareano.no.
Jordskorpen består av en rekke plater, kontinentalplatene, som beveger seg i forhold til hverandre. Det er disse platebevegelsene som er årsak til de fleste jordskjelv. Lær mer om jordskjelv på uib.no.
In November 2009, an international team of 34 scientists and 92 support staff on board the scientific drilling vessel JOIDES Resolution (JR) were at work investigating sea-level change in a region called the Canterbury Basin, nsf.gov says.
Hunter and hunted were frozen in time at key moment. Entombed at the moment of attack, a fossil serpent and sauropod are the first solid proof that prehistoric snakes ate dinosaurs, a new study says. Read more at nationalgeographic.com.
After three massive earthquake around the world in two months, media asks if these are related and a cause for alarm. The mainstream media has latched onto the question; are we seeing more earthquakes than normal? rockbandit.net writes.
