Researchers from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Columbia University ...

Essentially, gas pistoning is a shallow, degassing-driven rise and fall of a lava surface. Often these pistons occur in ...

Researchers from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Columbia University, along with their ...

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U.S. coal ash reserves could provide a domestic source of rare earth elements, potentially reducing reliance on Chinese ...

Around 252 million years ago, Earth was nearly lifeless, with nearly all life forms wiped out. This event, known as the ...

A mass extinction event wiped out around 90% of life. What followed has long puzzled scientists: The planet became lethally ...