News Stories on Earth Science
Experts Hope Rocks Unravel Earth’s Secrets (ABC News)
Geologists drilling into the Pacific Ocean discover gray and black rocks they hope will reveal clues about the Earth.
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=2090635
Drill Digs Deeper Than Ever Into Earth’s Crust (NewScientist.com)
Scientists reach the “grabbo layer” of the Earth’s oceanic crust for the first
time.
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn9084-drill-digs-deeper-than-ever-into-earths-crust.html
And Life Created Continents… (NewScientist.com)
A team of geologists says the appearance of photosynthetic life might have
given the process of continental crust formation the kick-start it needed.
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg18925444.200-and-life-created-continents.html