First continents formed with a dash of mantle water
New research cracks the mystery of how the first continents formed.
By Chris Kirkland, Curtin University; Hugh Smithies, Curtin University, and Tim Johnson, Curtin UniversityEarth i...
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Ancient Pilbara rocks speak of Earth’s first continents
A new study of rocks in Western Australia’s Pilbara region rewrites the history of early continen...
A new study of the famous iron-red rocks in Western Australia’s arid Pilbara region has revealed that the formation o...
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Mining threatens the Pilbara cultural landscape
Guidance from First Nations peoples is essential.
By Sarah Holcombe, The University of Queensland and Bronwyn Fredericks, The University of Queensland.Just as the ...
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New species of sea snake discovered
Western Australian coasts are a hot spot for diversity.
A new species of turtle-headed sea snake has been discovered in Western Australia, bringing the total number of speci...
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Earliest life found in ancient Aussie rocks
The Pilbara’s stromatolites finally give up their secret.
Australian scientists have unearthed traces of the oldest life form ever found in 3.5 billion-year-old rocks in Weste...
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Pilbara rocks hold clues to life on Mars
Learning the secrets of our ancient rocks.
NASA and European Space Agency (ESA) scientists have spent a week in the remote outback of Australia for specialist t...
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Going to Mars? See Australia first
Scientists hone their research skills on ancient fossils.
Scientists supporting both NASA's upcoming Mars 2020 mission and the European-Russian ExoMars mission have just spent...
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The most ancient evidence of life on Earth?
Ancient bacteria in Pilbara rock are merely volcanic minerals.
To some scientists, the Apex chert microfossils found in the Pilbara region of Western Australia are the oldest evide...