The Earth’s Crust Doesn’t Stop – Scientists Discover Old and New Continents
Scientists have discovered an unexpected new continent hiding beneath Greenland. Zealandia, thought to be a candidate for Earth’s eighth continent, has been almost completely submerged by the sea. The new ocean could split Africa into two continents. Doggerland: Before it was inundated by a tsunami 8,000 years ago, this landmass connected Britain and continental Europe. Archaeologists and citizen scientists have discovered a number of artifacts from Doggerland over the years, including a deer bone with an arrowhead and a fragment of a human skull.
Rising Arctic temperatures will impact global economy. Scientists monitor Arctic transformation under climate change
Scientists from the Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry (GEOKHI RAS) have discovered a harmful increase in the biological productivity of remote Arctic lakes due to global warming. Scientists have discovered plumes of smoke that periodically appear in the vicinity of Bennett Island in the East Siberian Sea. This may indicate the presence of an active volcano and a tsunami threat to Arctic villages in Yakutia. As the ice melts, new shipping routes will appear, changing the global economy. Rapidly rising temperatures and melting ice in the Arctic will affect international shipping and coastal communities around the world.
A whole field of sulfur rocks, the latest discoveries on Mars and amazing photos
As the rover ascends, it moves along the Martian timeline, allowing scientists to study how Mars evolved from a planet that was more like Earth in the distant past, with a warmer climate and abundant water, to the icy desert it is today. The amount of frost on Mars’ equatorial volcanoes represents about 150,000 tons of water exchanged between the surface and the atmosphere every day during the cold season, equivalent to about 60 Olympic swimming pools. NASA’s Curiosity rover has discovered crystals of pure sulfur on Mars.