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Scientists find evidence for an ancient supercontinent that covered 80 percent of Earth's surface
13+ hour, 37+ min ago (1128+ words) Ancient crust buried beneath modern mountains suggests Gondwana once contained about 80% of Earth’s continental landmass. (CREDIT: Wikimedia / CC BY-SA 4.0) Hundreds of millions of years after Gondwana broke apart, enormous pieces of the ancient landmass may still be hiding beneath some…...
Why is this 560-million-year-old fossil so rare?
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (635+ words) One of the oldest known 3D animal fossils dating back 560 million years has been found in a sheep field. The astonishing discovery of the creature that looked like a "goo-filled bag" when it was alive was made in northern Norway. Scientists…...
800 million years old - Scientists discover 'fingerprints' of supercontinent Gondwana in ancient rocks
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (286+ words) Gondwana is an ancient continent which scientists have now confirmed was a supercontinent that spread over 80 per cent of the landmass on Earth. They found 25,000 ancient rocks, and AI helped them determine that they belonged to Gondwana 500 million years ago....
Every year Australia slides seven centimeters toward the north-northeast, almost twice the pace of a growing fingernail and quicker than any other continent. Southeast Asia is already in the way, and some models fold the plate into a new supercontinent inside 300 million years.
4+ day, 7+ hour ago (514+ words) A continent racing across the planet at twice the speed of growing fingernails is remaking the map—and threatening the region directly in its path. By Terra Daily Editorial Team · Editorial process Published September 10, 2026 Here is a number that does…...
SEDIMARE WORKSHOP, 9 - 11 September, 2026
4+ day, 19+ hour ago (92+ words) Université catholique de Louvain Institute of Mechanics, Materials and Civil Engineering - CREDEM - Design, prototyping and testing of electromechanical devices - LEMSC - Mechanical testing, structures, and civil engineering laboratory SEDIMARE WORKSHOP, 9 - 11 September, 2026 The SEDIMARE (Sediment Transport and Morphodynamics in Marine and Coastal…...
Long-lost supercontinent Gondwana pieced together after 550m years
4+ day, 18+ hour ago (560+ words) The long-lost supercontinent Gondwana has finally been pieced together after 550 million years. For years, scientists have known that the ancient landmass included present-day South America, Africa, Arabia, Madagascar, India, Australia, and Antarctica. However, a new study suggests that Gondwana was…...
Antarctica has accumulated a record 695 billion metric tons of ice over the past two years
4+ day, 21+ hour ago (373+ words) Between 2021 and 2023, Antarctica’s ice mass unexpectedly increased by about 695 billion metric tons. According to scientists, this is the largest increase in the last two decades, but the trend is likely temporary. The most noticeable increase occurred in East Antarctica and…...
Glaciers will keep collapsing. Predicting when is incredibly hard.
4+ day, 22+ hour ago (499+ words) The scale of the disaster is extraordinary, even for a region accustomed to deadly floods and landslides. It will take months for scientists to confirm exactly what happened. But, they warn, one thing is already clear: As climate change melts…...
Why Antarctica Gained Ice as Glaciers Melted Globally
5+ day, 18+ hour ago (320+ words) New research published by Nature has confirmed that the East Antarctic Ice Sheet gained an astounding 695 billion metric tons of ice between 2021 and 2023, despite continually rising global temperatures. In the modern age of climate change, an actual gain in ice…...
Ozone recovery is changing life in Antarctica in an unexpected way
6+ day, 16+ hour ago (612+ words) Ozone recovery is reducing UV radiation in Antarctica, but new research suggests the change could weaken tundra carbon uptake in unexpected ways. The recovery of Antarctica’s ozone layer counts as one of the genuine environmental success stories of the past…...