Earth History

Life on Earth needs mass extinctions to thrive and diversify

Scientists have found that the most rapid periods of diversity increase have occurred immediately after mass extinctions.

Nick Longric, The Conversation
· Sep 17, 2019 · 11:30 pm
A giant lava lamp inside the earth might be flipping the planet’s magnetic field

Signals from violent earthquakes help reveal the landscape of the planet's insides.

Paula Koelemeijer, The Conversation
· May 17, 2017 · 11:30 pm
'Geological Brexit': Britain started separating from Europe 4.5 lakh years ago, say scientists

A large lake had overflowed and submerged a thin strip of land that connected Dover in the South of England to Calais in northern France.

Scroll Staff
· Apr 05, 2017 · 01:10 pm

Meet the super salamander, who very nearly ate your ancestors for breakfast

Metoposaurus algarvensis, aka toilet jaws, was all over our early ancestors. The thing that got us off the hook? A big hot interception 200m years ago.

Stephen Brusatte, The Conversation
· Mar 25, 2015 · 06:30 am