Jakarta – Drought and hot temperatures are currently affecting most areas of the Earth, making them vulnerable to fires. Interestingly, it turns out that there was a very long period of no fire at all on Earth. Now we know that Earth is the only planet that we know of that has experienced fire. Even … Read more
Jakarta – Drought and hot temperatures are currently affecting most areas of the Earth, making them vulnerable to fires. Interestingly, it turns out that there was a very long period of no fire at all on Earth. Now we know that Earth is the only planet that we know of that has experienced fire. Even … Read more
Jakarta – Ecologists believe that around 155 million years ago, there was a 5,000 kilometer long strip of land called Argoland, separated from Western Australia. The fate of this continent was unknown, until it was rediscovered today. For your information, the continents on our planet are not stationary or fixed. Due to plate tectonics, over … Read more
Jakarta – The breakup of Earth’s first supercontinent left this planet with unique diamonds. The Argyle Formation in western Australia is the source of 90% of Earth’s pink diamonds. This is indeed an odd place for diamonds, being on the edge of a continent, rather than in the center, where most diamond mines tend to … Read more
Jakarta – A 1.6 km wide hole at the top of Mount Baijifeng in China is actually a crater formed by the impact of a meteorite landing in the past. This has been confirmed by a team of scientists. This newly discovered crater is located in northeastern China not far from the North Korean border. … Read more
Jakarta – A 1.6 km wide hole at the top of Mount Baijifeng in China is actually a crater formed by the impact of a meteorite landing in the past. This has been confirmed by a team of scientists. This newly discovered crater is located in northeastern China not far from the North Korean border. … Read more
Jakarta – The modern world is inhabited by swathes of countries that are strictly demarcated by rules of boundaries. Trying to get past it, you guys could deal with territorial law. Yet there are a small number of places on Earth that are not claimed by sovereign nations. This land has been empty for a … Read more
Jakarta – The first evidence of the oldest glaciers found in the world, was found in a South African gold field. This remarkably well-preserved glacial deposit lies beneath the world’s largest gold deposit. These findings provide convincing evidence of the environmental conditions of ancient Earth. The exact conditions of the Earth during this period are … Read more
Jakarta – For several days in September 2005, amidst a series of volcanic eruptions and hundreds of earthquakes, the land in northeastern Ethiopia ripped open. For millions of years, molten rock bubbles have seeped beneath the Earth in the Afar Depression. Over time, it came to the surface, split the ground and created a rift … Read more
Jakarta – The days on Earth are slowly getting longer, thanks in large part to the Moon. However, it seems that this is a very different process than imagined. The day lengthening has stalled at least once. For a long time starting about two billion years ago, the lengthening of Earth’s day may have stopped … Read more