The University of Victoria (UVic) welcomes today’s announcement of $24-million over six years through the Government of Canada’s New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF) to advance the Solid Carbon ...
Next steps under the NFRF-funded project include ongoing research, public engagement, including consultation with coastal and Indigenous communities, and a small-scale demonstration project.
Researchers are using basalt spectra to study exoplanets and search for water with the James Webb Space Telescope. By ...
Despite centuries of exploration, the Earth still hides many secrets beneath its oceans. One of these mysteries was uncovered ...
Giant regions of the mantle where seismic waves slow down may have formed from subducted ocean crust, a new study finds.
In fact, it is now believed that 500 million years ago Scotland was separated from England and Wales by the ancient Lapetus Ocean ... study ancient rocks, like basalt, they can effectively ...
Dwarf planets must be spherical, having formed under the ... turning the basalt ocean floor into a sea of lava. Within a month, the Earth is completely sterile. The rock vapor wouldn’t last ...
For a more up close and personal experience with rocks we recommend Avebury ... guide or soi-disant princess. Tucked under the uninhabited island of Stafa, Fingal’s Cave is a natural phenomenon.
New research from scientists with the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences and published in the journal Science found that ...