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Earth Had Fresh Water 500 Million Years Earlier Than Thought. What This Means for Origin of Life
Some of the only remaining minerals from the Hadean are crystals of zircon embedded in younger rocks. Zircon is tough and ...
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Evidence of Earth's First Rains Found Trapped Within Primordial Crystals
The dry, red, dusty landscape doesn't get much water these days, but scientists found evidence of the Earth's oldest rains ...
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Scientists Just Figured Out How The Oldest Things On Earth Formed
The crust would have been heated by the lava lake, creating the perfect conditions for zircon to crystallize. The Hadean eon, which lasted from Earth's birth, 4.5 billion years ago, up to 4 ...
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Machine learning unlocks secrets of early plate tectonics
Rock weathering and plate tectonics are vital to life. They both regulate the planet's surface temperature and provide bio-essential nutrients. But how and when these critical processes began on ...