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Artistic rendering of a large collision on the early Earth (Credit: SwRI/Marchi)
October 10, 2023
New research offers a theory on how gold, platinum, and other precious metals found their way to shallow pockets within Earth’s mantle. Scientists at Yale and the Southwest...
October 9, 2023
A new study investigates the dynamics of the complex continental collision that formed the European Alps and reveals how structural alignments change with depth.   Source: ...
August 29, 2023
Ruth is a marine and environmental biogeochemist, geomicrobiologist, and planetary scientist who has held a faculty appointment at Yale since 2000. In addition to her primary...
August 14, 2023
The title of Olivia’s proposal was:  Reimagining Greenhouse Cretaceous Climate Using Carbonate Clumped Isotope Paleothermometry within Foraminifera. Congratulations...
August 14, 2023
The title of Paul’s proposal was: Interactions between the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) and the Arctic in a warming climate: from satellite-based...
An artist’s illustration of a metal asteroid. (Credit: ASU/Peter Rubin)
August 2, 2023
A new Yale study proposes a way that collisions between asteroids might lead to the formation of metal asteroids able to generate and record magnetism.Yale researchers may...
Venus
July 24, 2023
A new study suggests that higher-energy bolide impacts created a superheated core and extended volcanism on Venus — leading to its younger surface appearance. Researchers at...