The Cosmic Clock That Set Off Earth’s Biggest Eruptions
Earth’s climate over millions of years is shaped by both internal forces, like volcanic activity, and external ones, such as ...
Science Daily4d
Earth's orbital rhythms link timing of giant eruptions and climate change
An international team of scientists has synchronized key climate records from the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans to unravel the sequence of events during the last million years before the extinction of ...
India Today22d
Radioactive anomaly detected under Pacific Ocean could reveal ancient secret
Beryllium-10 is a rare radioactive isotope produced by cosmic rays in the atmosphere that can provide valuable insights into the Earth's geological history. Listen to Story The anomaly has been ...
Daily Mail28d
Scientists are baffled after discovering a mysterious radioactive 'blip' deep under the Pacific Ocean
This makes the atom unstable and radioactive, so it slowly decays into boron over millions of years. Beryllium-10 has a half-life - the time needed for half of its atoms to decay - of 1.4 million ...
The Conversation29d
An unexpected anomaly was found in the Pacific Ocean – and it could be a global time marker
Beryllium-10 undergoes radioactive decay really slowly, meaning it gradually breaks down over millions of years as it sits in the rocks. As beryllium-10 decays over time, its concentration ...
ScienceAlert29d
Mysterious Radioactive Anomaly Discovered Deep Under The Pacific Ocean
A strange radioactive 'blip' has been detected deep beneath the Pacific ... Carbon dating only goes back to about 50,000 years, and measures based on the decay of uranium isotopes aren't useful ...