Researchers from the University of Hokkaido in Japan have discovered in Antarctica a deep marine current of cold and dense water more than 3,000 meters deep, considered the strongest on the planet. Their work is published this week in the journal Nature Geoscience.
The Chinese and Nepalese governments have agreed to officially set the height of the world's highest mountain, Mount Everest, at 8,848 meters, which stands on the border between the two countries. This is four meters more than Beijing claimed. The difference was based on the fact that China proposed that the exact height to rock level be measured, while Nepal considered that the four meters of snow cover should be included. Finally, the Chinese representatives accepted the Nepalese proposal.
A team of geologists from Harvard University (USA) has shown that sea ice extended to the Equator 716.5 million years ago, turning the planet into an icy "ball". Scientists have come to this conclusion after analyzing the composition and magnetism of tropical rocks found in the far northeast of Canada.
Geology may not be a sport, but it deserves an Olympiad. This has been decided by the Association for the Teaching of Earth Sciences (AEPECT), the Spanish Society of Geology (SGE) and the Illustrious Official College of Geologists (ICOG), which have created the "I Spanish Olympiad of Geology" with the objective of bringing this science closer to all Spanish citizens, especially the youngest, responsible in the future for caring for the planet.
"The beauty of Antarctica is lethal," says Angela Posada-Swafford as she says goodbye to her fellow travelers. "The White South is like a bully who disguises himself under a veil of beauty and seduces you. The crew of the Gould sometimes say that they have had enough of Antarctica, that they will never return. But they end up doing so."
The gases that made up the Earth's atmosphere, and possibly the oceans, came from outer space and not from inside the planet, according to a study published today by the journal Science.
If NASA's goal of sending a manned spacecraft to Mars within a couple of decades is met, it is possible that the first astronauts to set foot on the red planet will be housed in its caves.
A mysterious submerged depression off the west coast of India could be the footprint of the largest known impact of an object from space. And perhaps also responsible for the annihilation of the dinosaurs more than 65 million years ago.
Danni Büchner is invited to Sam Dylan's Halloween party. But the "Goodbye Germany" emigrant has no desire for many other party guests. And find clear words.
