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Researchers at Montana State University (USA) and Brandenburg University of Applied Sciences (Germany) have come up with an explanation for the beautiful colours of hot [...]

Ancient volcanoes linked to dinosaurs’ extinction

The Deccan Traps near Mahabaleshwar, India.
Credit: Image courtesy of Gerta Keller, Department of Geosciences, Princeton University.

New research from Princeton University in the USA has shown that massive volcanic explosions 66 million years ago spewed enormous amounts of climate-altering gases into the [...]

Life began underground

A quartz dyke at Hall's Creek, Australia, known as the China Wall. Credit: Graeme Churchard

Researchers in Germany have suggested that life on Earth may have begun underground. Ulrich Schreiber and Christian Mayer at the University of Duisburg-Essen say that their [...]

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Ancient volcanoes linked to dinosaurs’ extinction

Life began underground