Enlarge / The first stage of the Ariane 6 rocket at Europe’s spaceport in Kourou in the French overseas department of Guyana, on March 26, 2024. LUDOVIC MARIN/AFP via Getty Images Eleven years ago, a panel discussion took place at a space conference in Singapore that has since become legendary in certain corners of the … Read more
Australia’s vast beaches seem a world away from the towering glaciers of Antarctica, and yet clues found in the antipodean sands have led to a dazzling discovery on the frozen continent. The incredible discovery was made when scientists started noticing pink streaks washing up on the remote southern beach of Petrel Cove, about 90km from … Read more
When something turns pink in nature, it is usually not a good sign. But strange pink sand washing up on South Australia’s beaches has exposed an ancient Antarctic mountain range thought to be buried under ice. When pink streaks first appeared in the sand of Petrel Cove, a remote beach that flows into the Southern … Read more
This article was reviewed according to Science OK! by Nathaniel Scharping, Eos The Cascadia Subduction Zone shows the location of the Salmon River mouth (yellow star) and other onshore locations with identified tsunami deposits from the 1700 CE earthquake (yellow dots). Credit: Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth’s Surface (2024). DOI: 10.1029/2023JF007444 × close to The … Read more