How stalagmites tell the Mayan story and point to climate change
The Mayan civilization was once a pinnacle of societal progress. Photo: AlphaTangoBravo/Adam Baker/Flickr The Maya were a very mysterious, mystical culture. Like many ancient societies, archaeologists...
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Rocknest, where Curiosity scooped its soil sample. Photo: NASA In short, carbon. Specifically, chlorinated methane gas, which contains carbon. Curiosity’s Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument also...
View ArticleA lost continent beneath the waves
What might be hidden beneath the waves? Photo: Artem/Flickr No, it’s not Atlantis – this possible continent of old would have vanished between 50 and 100 million years ago, millions of years before...
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