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Science priorities agreed for 2024 lunar exploration

Added: 9 Dec 2020

Planetary processes and polar resource potential prioritised by lunar science team. Researchers pre…

New international carbon dating standard

Added: 13 Aug 2020

Radiocarbon dating is set to become more accurate than ever after an international team of scientis…

Magma movements suggest long-term seismic risk for Northern Europe

Added: 11 Jun 2020

Scientists have discovered new evidence for active volcanism next door to some of the most densely …

Deep earthquake simulation may unravel geophysical mystery (video)

Added: 29 May 2020

New computer modeling by Magali Billen, professor of earth and planetary sciences at UC Davis, offe…

Ice-free Arctic seas by 2050

Added: 24 Apr 2020

Arctic sea-ice simulations suggest ice-free summers before 2050 despite rapidly reduced carbon emis…

UK government withdraws fracking support

Added: 4 Nov 2019

The government has withdrawn its support of fracking in England until further scientific evidence i…

Wellcome Trust on the hunt for best public engagement

Added: 16 Oct 2019

The Wellcome Trust has launched an initiative to find the best examples of public engagement projec…

Deep Carbon Observatory quantifies carbon emissions

Added: 8 Oct 2019

Humanity’s annual carbon emissions are between 40 to 100 times greater than all volcanic emissions,…

Porous rocks support prebiotic evolution theory

Added: 7 Aug 2019

The water-air interface found at pores in volcanic rocks could have been the location of the chemic…

First study on influence of microplastics on soil and microbes

Evoluted New Media | Added: 13 Sep 2018

German scientists have conducted the first investigation into the physical and biological effects o…

High energy lasers get to the core of a problem

Evoluted New Media | Added: 31 Jul 2018

Scientists have discovered fresh insights into the metallic core at the centre of our planet.

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Giant volcanic eruption drove historic global warming event

Evoluted New Media | Added: 8 Dec 2017

New research by a group of international scientists suggests that an extreme global warming event 5…

Volcanic activity better understood after Bolivian expedition

Evoluted New Media | Added: 23 Nov 2016

A magmatic lake 15km below a dormant volcano in Bolivia may explain how and why volcanoes erupt. !-…

Molten silicon energy storage system created

Evoluted New Media | Added: 12 Oct 2016

A team of Spanish researchers are developing a system which allows energy to be stored in molten si…

Helium gas field found in Africa

Evoluted New Media | Added: 7 Jul 2016

Scientists have located a large helium gas field and hope that this find can replenish quickly-decr…

Ice melt to cause higher sea levels

Evoluted New Media | Added: 17 Feb 2016

If Antarctica ice melts due to warming oceans, global sea levels could rise three metres, according…

Nature not solely to blame for severe droughts

Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 Feb 2016

Drought researchers and managers must include human activity when looking at severe droughts, accor…

Volcanic event responsible for Jurassic Period ice age

Evoluted New Media | Added: 8 Jan 2016

Scientists have uncovered the reason behind an ice age that took place around 170 million years ago…

Martian valleys carved by less ancient water

Evoluted New Media | Added: 9 Dec 2015

Martian valleys could have been carved by much less water in a much shorter time span than previous…

Life hits 4.1 billion years

Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Dec 2015

New evidence suggests that life on Earth began 300 million years earlier than previously thought.