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The rapid development of fauna 540 million years ago has permanently changed the Earth — far into its deep mantle. A team led by ETH researcher Andrea Giuliani found traces of this development in rocks from this deep mantle layer. It is easy to see that the processes in the Earth’s interior influence what happens ...
Krypton from the Earth’s mantle, collected from geologic hot spots in Iceland and the Galapagos Islands, reveals a clearer picture of how our planet formed, according to new research from the University of California, Davis. The different isotopes of krypton are chemical fingerprints for scientists sleuthing out the ingredients that made the Earth, such as ...