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Meteorite Which Wiped Out The Dinosaurs Also Created A Record-breaking Hydrothermal System

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An 800-Million-Year-Old Impact Shower on the Terrestrial Planets from the Breakup of the Eulalia Parent Body

Impact events

An 800-Million-Year-Old Impact Shower on the Terrestrial Planets from the Breakup of the Eulalia Parent Body

Pioneering Research Sheds New Light On What Shaped Extinction Pattern Of Prehistoric Marine Life – And Size Clearly Mattered

Extinction events

Pioneering Research Sheds New Light On What Shaped Extinction Pattern Of Prehistoric Marine Life – And Size Clearly Mattered

Mars, A Post-Habitable Planet?

Mars

Mars, A Post-Habitable Planet?

Early Complex Earth Life Clung To Oxygenated Seafloors For Hundreds Of Millions Of Years

Origin & Evolution of Life

Early Complex Earth Life Clung To Oxygenated Seafloors For Hundreds Of Millions Of Years

Phosphorus Spikes In Ancient Oceans Linked To Major Mass Extinctions

Extinction events

Phosphorus Spikes In Ancient Oceans Linked To Major Mass Extinctions

A New Explanation For Snowball Earth

Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology

A New Explanation For Snowball Earth

Plants Survived The Dinosaur-killing Asteroid By Duplicating Genomes

Extinction events

Plants Survived The Dinosaur-killing Asteroid By Duplicating Genomes

Did Impacts From Meteors Help Start Life On Earth?

Impact events

Did Impacts From Meteors Help Start Life On Earth?

How Primitive Plants Evolved To Survive Earth’s Most Catastrophic Extinction Event

Origin & Evolution of Life

How Primitive Plants Evolved To Survive Earth’s Most Catastrophic Extinction Event

The Zhamanshin Impact Event: Potential Implications for Environmental Responses and Biological Linkages on Earth and Beyond

Imaging & Spectroscopy

The Zhamanshin Impact Event: Potential Implications for Environmental Responses and Biological Linkages on Earth and Beyond

New Study Reveals Asynchronous Land–ocean Responses To Ancient Ocean Anoxia

Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography

New Study Reveals Asynchronous Land–ocean Responses To Ancient Ocean Anoxia

Understanding Snowball Earth Extreme Climates

Atmospheres, Climate, Weather

Understanding Snowball Earth Extreme Climates

Hydrothermal System Helped Life Recover After Dino-Killing Asteroid

Impact events

Hydrothermal System Helped Life Recover After Dino-Killing Asteroid

EAI Seminar: Deep Microbial Colonization During Impact-generated Hydrothermal Circulation Of Impact Structures (Video)

Video, Audio, Webcasts, Podcasts

EAI Seminar: Deep Microbial Colonization During Impact-generated Hydrothermal Circulation Of Impact Structures (Video)

Ancient Rocks Reveal Annual Climate Cycles During Snowball Earth

Icy Worlds

Ancient Rocks Reveal Annual Climate Cycles During Snowball Earth

Key Drivers Of Recurrent Extinction In The Triassic

Extinction events

Key Drivers Of Recurrent Extinction In The Triassic

Huayuan Biota Decodes Earth’s First Phanerozoic Mass Extinction

Extinction events

Huayuan Biota Decodes Earth’s First Phanerozoic Mass Extinction

Evidence Of ‘lightning-fast’ Evolution Found After Dinosaur-killing Asteroid Impact

Impact events

Evidence Of ‘lightning-fast’ Evolution Found After Dinosaur-killing Asteroid Impact

Mass Extinction Coincided With Expanded Continental Margin Euxinia During the Cambrian Age 4

Extinction events

Mass Extinction Coincided With Expanded Continental Margin Euxinia During the Cambrian Age 4