2.75 Billion-Year-Old Rocks Rewrite the Story of Earth’s Early Life
A study of ancient stromatolites reveals that ammonium reservoirs in early Earth's oceans, likely influenced by volcanic ...
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Ancient glacier finding reveals clues to how complex life on Earth evolved, scientists say
“The ‘lost’ dissolved component in these rocks is seen ‘popping back up’ in changes in ocean chemistry at this time,” he ...
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Rock types
A compound is a substance that contains two or more elements close elementA pure substance that is made from only one type of atom. Elements are listed on the periodic table. Elements cannot be ...
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Clever chemistry can make rocks absorb CO2 much more quickly
A new process could enable crushed rocks to capture carbon dioxide from the air much more quickly, turbocharging a carbon removal technique that is already being widely adopted. Natural silicate ...
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Ancient Glaciers Demolished Earth's Crust, Altering The Chemistry Of Our Oceans And Boosting Complex Life
About 700 million years ago, massive glaciers crept across the Earth’s surface toward an ice-covered sea, scraping the ground ...
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Island arcs study reveals ancient connections between ocean chemistry and volcanic rocks
Bringing a novel approach to a classic problem, researchers have revealed how changes in ocean chemistry over the past 2 billion years have left an imprint on volcanic rocks formed in island arcs.
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Activity – Chemistry Goes Pop!
Pop Rocks ® is a very special brand of candy — first sold back ... Heroux, Ph.D. is a Professor of Chemistry at Saint Michael’s College in Vermont, in Colchester, VT.
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Natural rock weathering captures carbon over millennia. Chemists just reduced it to weeks.
By firing rock dust in standard cement kilns, they altered the mineral's chemistry so that it quickly react with carbon ...