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Could signs of Mars life be hidden in its thick layers of clay?
The thick, mineral-rich layers of clay found on Mars suggest that the Red Planet harbored potentially life-hosting ...
Takeaways from AP report on company that sold 200,000 carbon credits to remove CO2 from ocean
A startup called Gigablue claims to have reached a milestone by selling 200,000 carbon credits for its ocean-based carbon ...
Is this the end for Easter Island's moai statues?
Island's famous moai statues are crumbling into the sea, forcing locals to face urgent decisions about how best to protect their heritage.
Company's carbon credits raise questions about unproven ocean technology to fight global warming
A startup called Gigablue claims to have reached a milestone by selling 200,000 carbon credits for its ocean-based carbon ...
The ‘Great Dying’ wiped out 90% of life, then came 5 million years of lethal heat. New fossils explain why
A mass extinction event wiped out around 90% of life. What followed has long puzzled scientists: The planet became lethally ...
Around 250 million years ago, Earth was near-lifeless and locked in a hothouse state. Now scientists know why
The answer confirms scientists’ suspicion that when our planet’s climate crosses certain ‘tipping points’, truly catastrophic ...
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Using Natural Abundance Radiocarbon To Trace the Flux of Petrocarbon to the Seafloor Following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill - ACS Publications
In 2010, the Deepwater Horizon accident released 4.6–6.0 × 1011 grams or 4.1 to 4.6 million barrels of fossil petroleum derived carbon (petrocarbon) as oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Natural abundance ...
Oxygen May Have Caused a Mass Extinction. Then It Led to Human Life
Strata: Stories from Deep Time’ explores the origins of the air we breathe and untangles some of our planet’s oldest stories.