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Geochemistry
Geochemistry: the science that uses the tools and principles of chemistry to explain the mechanisms behind major geological systems such as the Earth's crust and its oceans. The realm of geochemistry extends beyond the Earth, encompassing the entire Solar System and has made important contributions to the understanding of a number of processes including mantle convection, the formation of planets and the origins of granite and basalt. Geochemists study the composition, structure, processes, and other physical aspects of the Earth. They examine the distribution of chemical elements in rocks and minerals, as well as the movement of these elements into soil and water systems.
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MAY 06, 2025Earth & The Environment
Scientists long wondered whether there were places on Earth where extremely hot material from the core of the Earth move ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 02, 2025Earth & The Environment
Scientists have made a surprising discovery about the formation of rock. It seems that industrial waste known as slag th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 08, 2025Earth & The Environment
There are many unknowns when it comes to climate change, like what might happen to the ice in Antarctica. Vast and remot ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 06, 2025Earth & The Environment
The oldest parts of Earth's continents are called cratons, and underneath, they are rooted to the mantle...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 09, 2025Earth & The Environment
The world's oldest known impact crater has been identified at a site in the Pilbara, which is a part of Western Australi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 16, 2025Earth & The Environment
The inner core of the Earth, which is found about 3,000 miles under the surface, sits within a molten outer core, and is ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 17, 2024Earth & The Environment
Scientists have identified mineral formations on the floor of the Dead Sea that could warn of oncoming sinkholes.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 04, 2024Earth & The Environment
Geologists divide time into epochs or series, with subdivisions, according to major variations in rock sequences. They m ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 25, 2024Earth & The Environment
While many parts of the world are feeling the effects of climate change, air temperatures in the Arctic are warming fast ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 28, 2024Earth & The Environment
Oxygen production is no longer exclusive to photosynthetic organisms. Scientists discover minerals on the ocean floor th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 16, 2024Earth & The Environment
A new study has determined that they inner core of our planet is slowing down, or backtracking, relative to the surface ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 20, 2024Earth & The Environment
Climate change is bearing down on us; temperatures are constantly being made and broken, and severe storms and flooding ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 14, 2024Earth & The Environment
There is broad scientific consensus that high levels of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide and methane in the atmosphe ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 19, 2024Earth & The Environment
Scientists are using dinosaur tracks found in rock formations in Northwestern Alaska to learn more about the climate of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 04, 2024Earth & The Environment
Only a few years ago, there were concerns that another medical crisis could be brewing in the form of a helium shortage. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 01, 2024Earth & The Environment
It's thought that about 700 MYA, Earth experienced its most dramatic ice age climate, in which the entire planet was com ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 14, 2024Earth & The Environment
An analysis of satellite records has revealed that over the past 30 years, Greenland has lost about 28,707 square kilome ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 27, 2024Earth & The Environment
Ice core samples are a powerful tool that helps scientists understand the history of the planet's climate. But one site ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 23, 2024Earth & The Environment
New research has determined that a type of fishing known as bottom trawling is a major, and unaccounted for source of ca ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 17, 2024Space & Astronomy
What can samples collected from a comet almost 20 years ago tell us about the history of comets and our solar system? Th ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 02, 2024Earth & The Environment
Plastics are made from fossil fuels, and plastic production is a major contributor to climate change. Plastic is a tough ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 12, 2023Space & Astronomy
Recent discoveries made at this week’s American Geophysical Union (AGU) Annual Meeting 2023 in San Francisco revea ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 23, 2023Earth & The Environment
Unusual measurements of a rare helium isoptope in a new study have suggested that the Earth's core may be leaking.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 04, 2023Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in Nature Geoscience examines how the caves located beneath the Grand Canyon could help scienti ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAY 06, 2025
Earth & The Environment
Scientists long wondered whether there were places on Earth where extremely hot material from the core of the Earth move
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 02, 2025
Earth & The Environment
Scientists have made a surprising discovery about the formation of rock. It seems that industrial waste known as slag th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 08, 2025
Earth & The Environment
There are many unknowns when it comes to climate change, like what might happen to the ice in Antarctica. Vast and remot
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 06, 2025
Earth & The Environment
The oldest parts of Earth's continents are called cratons, and underneath, they are rooted to the mantle...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 09, 2025
Earth & The Environment
The world's oldest known impact crater has been identified at a site in the Pilbara, which is a part of Western Australi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 16, 2025
Earth & The Environment
The inner core of the Earth, which is found about 3,000 miles under the surface, sits within a molten outer core, and is
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 17, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Scientists have identified mineral formations on the floor of the Dead Sea that could warn of oncoming sinkholes.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 04, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Geologists divide time into epochs or series, with subdivisions, according to major variations in rock sequences. They m
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 25, 2024
Earth & The Environment
While many parts of the world are feeling the effects of climate change, air temperatures in the Arctic are warming fast
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 28, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Oxygen production is no longer exclusive to photosynthetic organisms. Scientists discover minerals on the ocean floor th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 16, 2024
Earth & The Environment
A new study has determined that they inner core of our planet is slowing down, or backtracking, relative to the surface
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 20, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Climate change is bearing down on us; temperatures are constantly being made and broken, and severe storms and flooding
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 14, 2024
Earth & The Environment
There is broad scientific consensus that high levels of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide and methane in the atmosphe
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 19, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Scientists are using dinosaur tracks found in rock formations in Northwestern Alaska to learn more about the climate of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 04, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Only a few years ago, there were concerns that another medical crisis could be brewing in the form of a helium shortage.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 01, 2024
Earth & The Environment
It's thought that about 700 MYA, Earth experienced its most dramatic ice age climate, in which the entire planet was com
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 14, 2024
Earth & The Environment
An analysis of satellite records has revealed that over the past 30 years, Greenland has lost about 28,707 square kilome
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 27, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Ice core samples are a powerful tool that helps scientists understand the history of the planet's climate. But one site
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 23, 2024
Earth & The Environment
New research has determined that a type of fishing known as bottom trawling is a major, and unaccounted for source of ca
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 17, 2024
Space & Astronomy
What can samples collected from a comet almost 20 years ago tell us about the history of comets and our solar system? Th
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 02, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Plastics are made from fossil fuels, and plastic production is a major contributor to climate change. Plastic is a tough
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 12, 2023
Space & Astronomy
Recent discoveries made at this week’s American Geophysical Union (AGU) Annual Meeting 2023 in San Francisco revea
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 23, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Unusual measurements of a rare helium isoptope in a new study have suggested that the Earth's core may be leaking.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 04, 2023
Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in Nature Geoscience examines how the caves located beneath the Grand Canyon could help scienti
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc