Oxygen in the atmosphere and ocean rose dramatically about 600 million years ago, coinciding with the first proliferation of animal life. Since then, numerous short lived biotic events — typically […]
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Ocean Asteroid Impact Could Deplete Earth’s Protective Ozone Layer for Years
An asteroid crashing into the deep ocean could have dramatic worldwide environmental effects including depleting the Earth’s protective ozone layer for several years, a Planetary Science Institute researcher has found.
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Away Team Report: Haughton Mars Project – Sea-Ice Traverse Mission Completed
An international team of researchers led by Mars Institute scientist Dr. Pascal Lee successfully reached Devon Island, High Arctic, on Sunday, 16 May, 2010 after a 13-day, 150 km vehicular […]
Posted inAstrogeology, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Extinction events, Fossils & Paleontology, Impact events, Press Release
Tiny Shelled Creatures Shed Light On Extinction And Recovery 65 Million Years Ago
An asteroid strike may not only account for the demise of ocean and land life 65 million years ago, but the fireball’s path and the resulting dust, darkness and toxic […]
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NASA Study Shows Asteroids May Have Accelerated Life on Earth
A NASA-funded study indicates that an intense asteroid bombardment nearly 4 billion years ago may not have sterilized the early Earth as completely as previously thought. The asteroids, some the […]
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Driving Across The Northwest Passage to Make Polar History
An international team of scientists has launched an expedition to drive the Northwest Passage on sea-ice this spring, marking the first time the Passage has ever been travelled in a […]
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Video and Live Webcams from Devon Island
Editor’s note: Three live webcams are now online at the Haughton-Mars Project Research Station on Devon Island: Webcam 1 |Webcam 2 | Webcam 3 Today’s video: Charles Cockell from Open […]
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Keith Cowing’s Devon Island Journal – 27 July 2007: Polar Deserts and Global TV
3:00 pm EDT 27 July 2007 I am sitting in a Lincoln Towne Car limo headed home from downtown Washington, DC after spending half a day doing TV interviews at […]
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Keith Cowing’s Devon Island Journal – 20-22 July 2007: The Persistence of Memory
20 July 2007 Friday was a day much like all of the others we experienced here on Devon Island. We awoke to a cool, brisk morning with bright sunshine and […]
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Keith Cowing’s Devon Island Journal – 19 July 2007: Sheer Audacity
You cannot take a bad picture on Devon Island. This place is one stunning photo opportunity after another. Mostly it has to do with the landscape. Every once in a […]