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Nickel and urea hints reshape story of early Earth oxygen rise
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 10, 2025 The appearance of oxygen in Earth's atmosphere was a turning point in the history of our planet, forever transforming the environment and setting the stage for complex life. This event, known as the Great Oxidation Event (GOE), occurred roughly 2.1 to 2.4 billion years ago. Yet, although oxygenic photosynthesis in cyanobacteria is thought to have evolved hundreds of millions of years earlier than this event, oxygen levels in the atmosphere remained low for a prolonged period. Scientists have debated why ... read more |
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USF study: Ancient plankton hint at steadier future for ocean lifeSt.Petersburg, FL (SPX) Oct 13, 2025 A team of scientists has uncovered a rare isotope in microscopic fossils, offering fresh evidence that ocean ecosystems may be more resilient than once feared. In a new study co-led by Patrick ... more
Ancient hot springs reveal how microbes thrived before Earth gained oxygenTokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 25, 2025 Earth was once an anoxic planet where oxygen was toxic to life, and researchers are turning to Japan's rare iron-rich hot springs to better understand how early microbes survived. A study led by Fat ... more 
Asteroid tells secrets of Earth's 'far wetter' building blocksTokyo (AFP) Sept 10, 2025 Earth's building blocks were "far wetter" than previously imagined, new analysis of tiny samples from a distant asteroid has suggested, overturning long-held assumptions about the early solar system. ... more 
Earth's chemistry settled early but later collision likely delivered water for lifeLos Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 01, 2025 Earths chemical make-up reached completion within the first three million years of the Solar Systems formation, according to a new study by the University of Berns Institute of Geological Sciences. ... more |
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Ancient Scottish Fossils Push Back Tetrapod TimelineLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 02, 2025 In 1984, an amateur fossil hunter in Scotland uncovered a near-complete specimen that reshaped scientists' understanding of early land vertebrates. The small creature, just 20 centimeters long, turn ... more 
Rock record illuminates oxygen historySyracuse NY (SPX) Jun 02, 2025 Several key moments in Earth's history help us humans answer the question, "How did we get here?" These moments also shed light on the question, "Where are we going"? - offering scientists deeper in ... more
Redrawing the Evolutionary Timeline of Reptiles with New Fossil EvidenceSydney, Australia (SPX) May 15, 2025 New fossil evidence from Australia has pushed the origin of reptiles on Earth back by up to 40 million years, significantly revising the timeline of vertebrate evolution. Researchers from Flinders U ... more 
Ancient Fossil Tracks Push Back Reptile Evolution by 40 Million YearsSydney, Australia (SPX) May 15, 2025 Fossil tracks uncovered in the Mansfield district of northern Victoria, Australia, indicate that reptiles may have appeared on Earth up to 40 million years earlier than previously believed. These ne ... more
New Fossil Find Reveals 506-Million-Year-Old Predator in Burgess ShaleLos Angeles CA (SPX) May 14, 2025 Palaeontologists from the Manitoba Museum and the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) have identified a newly discovered 506-million-year-old predator from the Burgess Shale in Canada. The findings, publishe ... more |
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Earth's Core Waves Reveal New Paths for Planetary Exploration
Sydney, Australia (SPX) May 12, 2025 The detection of powerful seismic signals generated by winter storms in the North Atlantic Ocean, which travel through the Earth's core, could offer fresh insights into the study of our planet's interior and other celestial bodies, according to researchers at The Australian National University (ANU). ANU seismologists used two 50-by-50-kilometre spiral arrays in Australia to detect PKP waves-seismic core waves created by powerful cyclones in the North Atlantic that traverse the Earth's center and ... read more 
Missing nitrogen traced to deep Earth core in planetary formation simulationsTokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 14, 2025 A longstanding mystery in Earth science may finally have an answer: why Earth's rocky mantle contains so little nitrogen compared to other volatile elements. According to a new study from Ehime Univ ... more |
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Early crust study reshapes view of Earth's ancient history Berlin, Germany (SPX) Apr 03, 2025 Researchers have uncovered new evidence that challenges long-held beliefs about the origins of Earth's continents and the emergence of plate tectonics. A recent study published in Nature on April 2 ... more 
How survivors spanned the globe after Earth's biggest mass extinctionStanford CA (SPX) Mar 30, 2025 Scientists don't call it the "Great Dying" for nothing. About 252 million years ago, upward of 80% of all marine species vanished during the end-Permian mass extincti ... more 
York U research sheds light on earliest days of Earth's formationToronto, Canada (SPX) Mar 30, 2025 New research led by a York University professor sheds light on the earliest days of the Earth's formation and potentially calls into question some earlier assumptions in planetary science about the ... more 
Molecule's "fingerprint" may help explain formation of life on earthSaskatoon, Canada (SPX) Mar 24, 2025 The chemical element sulphur is essential for all life forms and is a building block of proteins and amino acids. By studying sulphur-based molecules in space, scientists are working to understand t ... more 
Ivory Coast's epochal prehistoric finds pass unseenAbidjan (AFP) Mar 18, 2025 In the streets of Anyama, children play and braziers smoke on corners. There is little to show that the ground of this everyday Ivory Coast neighbourhood conceals seminal prehistoric treasures. ... more |
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