Geology News - December 2004

December 4, 2004

New evidence supports terrestrial cause of end-Permian mass extinction
A new study published in the December issue of Geology provides strong indications that the extinction cause did not come from the heavens but from Earth itself.

December 2, 2004

Another leaf from nature's book
The thinner the air, the more pores a plant needs to breathe. Palaeobotanists think they can use this relationship to reconstruct the eroded mountains and flattened plateaus of the past.