Ancient eruptions may have triggered conditions for oxygen ‘whiffs’ in the atmosphere In a nutshell Massive volcanic events ...

Led by Curtin University geologists Chris Kirkland and Tim Johnson, a research team unearthed this primeval crater beneath ...

“On Earth, this early impact record has seemingly been lost, reflecting the destructive efficiency of erosion and subduction ...

It was a respectable tenure, but the world’s oldest known meteorite site is no longer western Australia’s 2.2 ...

Both life and geological processes get their start in the Archaean era amidst a brew of atmospheric gases that probably includes methane and ammonia but little or no free oxygen. As Earth cools ...

Focusing on the late Archean eon (3 billion years to 2.5 billion years ago), Professor Eiichi Tajika and his team simulated crucial aspects of Earth’s biological, chemical, and geological history.

Hungarian researchers have discovered unique bacterial communities in thermal waters that may help unravel the development of ...

Tajika and his team used a numerical model to simulate key aspects of biological, geological and chemical changes during the late Archean eon (3.0-2.5 billion years ago) of Earth's geologic history.

In the Archean, long before rooted land plants were ... Low-latitude glaciations in the Paleoproterozoic era. Nature 386, 262–266 (1997). Farquhar, J., Bao, H. & Thiemans, M.