The scarlet lands covering the plains and plateaus of West Africa are much more than just a typical tropical landscape. These laterites bear witness to a geological history spanning tens […]
The Perseverance rover has uncovered sedimentary rocks containing minerals and organic matter organized into structures never before seen on Mars, opening up new perspectives on the Red Planet’s past habitability. […]
From the Chauvet cave to the Ile d’Yeu, prehistoric sites are under close surveillance. The hope: to understand how climate change threatens them. And prevent the disappearance of cave paintings. […]
ow did continents appear on Earth? This question, crucial to understanding the emergence of civilizations and life itself, remains one of the great mysteries of the early stages of planetary […]
2.9-billion-year-old marine sedimentary rocks from Canada’s Red Lake region reveal areas of oxygen accumulation at a time when the oceans were globally anoxic and iron-rich. These oxygen oases played a […]
Epiphytic plants, which absorb their nutrients exclusively from the air, are good indicators of the chemical composition of atmospheric particles and are often used in the literature as diagnostic tools. […]
Until now, scientists have considered the absence of microfossils and the low level of organic carbon in banded iron formations, deposited between 2 and 3 billion years ago, to be […]
A recent study, published in Geophysical Research Letters, reveals atypical seismic signals beneath the volcanoes of the Massif Central. These signals, combined with the active presence of magma at depth, […]
In India, simple management of rainwater and a local lake helps to compensate for polluted groundwater sources for drinking water. How can drinking water be supplied to populations in a […]