Early earth

One of the still-unsolved mysteries about Earth's history is how the planet became breathable. Now, scientists say the culprit may have been the giant rock slabs that make up Earth's outer shell.

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Surface of the Earth during the Hadean eon

The "boring billion," the long evolutionary pause when algae ruled the Earth, might be due to stalled plate tectonics.

Traces of molecules found in ancient rocks are revealing a wild ecosystem of early life that hunted and thrived in the world's oceans for nearly a billion years.

A new study from Caltech suggests the early Earth formed from hot, dry materials, implying water arrived late in Earth's formation. The research, offering clues from different mantle layers, posits major additions of volatiles only happened during Earth's final formation stages, impacting theories o

I use the koppen-geiger climate maps a lot but I haven't found any for Pangaea. Would the climate zones be the same if the continents were in the Pangaea shape or is it something different? It woul...

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