Plastic is everywhere, and rocks are no exception. A team of geologists studying a remote island off the coast of Brazil have found that rocks are forming out of plastic waste, renewing the scientific community’s sense of urgency surrounding plastic pollution. Researchers typically flock to Trindade Island to study its …
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A team of geobiologists from Germany has found biologically-relevant primordial organic molecules and gases in fluid inclusions trapped in 3.5-billion-year-old barites from the Dresser mine, Marble Bar, Australia. Location of the Dresser mine in Western Australia (a) and black barite associated with originally sulfidic stromatolites at the sampling site (b) …
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A significant portion of some of the oldest terrain on Venus, known as tesserae, has striations consistent with layering, according to new research led by North Carolina State University. A simulated view from above Tellus Tessera, one of the regions on Venus where Byrne et al identified the presence of …
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Image copyright Andrew Dobson Image caption Rock stacking may be good for photos, but it’s bad for wildlife Nature experts in Bermuda have urged people to stop prising rocks from the ground to make artfully arranged piles as it’s disturbing the habitat of a critically endangered lizard. Conservationists say rock …
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