Paleontology and archaeology can sometimes get a helping hand in unexpected places. A gold miner in Northern Canada was digging through the permafrost and stumbled across a mummified baby wooly mammoth. Grant Zazula, paleontologist for the Canadian territory of the Yukon said … [Read more...] about Mummified mammoth accidentally discovered in northern Canada
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An extinct rock may’ve made life on Earth possible
By delving into our past, we afford ourselves ways to learn about our present and our future. Planetary scientists from Yale University have delved very deeply into our past and discovered perhaps how life was able to form on our planet. Earth’s uninhabitable period In the … [Read more...] about An extinct rock may’ve made life on Earth possible
Perseverance rover successfully collects rock samples on Mars
Seven months after NASA’s Perseverance rover landed on Mars, the space agency has announced that their rock-scooping robot has officially managed to collect some samples from the red planet. Although the bulk of the study of these samples will be done when the rover returns to … [Read more...] about Perseverance rover successfully collects rock samples on Mars
Earth’s rocks play a huge role in carbon storage
Next time you walk outside, say a little thank you to the ground beneath your feet. It is storing far more carbon than we previously knew. Carbon is stored in all living beings, but work by the Deep Carbon Observatory (DCO) has revealed that 90% of our planet’s carbon is stored … [Read more...] about Earth’s rocks play a huge role in carbon storage