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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 431

geology

A photo showing the areas of the ancient hand axes that were removed for chemical analysis. (courtesy Tel Aviv University)
July 19, 2023, 10:28 pm
Chip off the ol’ block: AI pinpoints source of rocks for 750,000-year-old tools
New tech allows archaeologists to match unique chemical composition between axes and the geographic area where they were created, proving Homo Erectus organized complex expeditions
By Melanie Lidman
Fluid inside a salt crystal with what appear to be microorganisms. (Courtesy/Courtesy Sara Schreder-Gomes)
May 28, 2022, 6:52 am
US scientists to open crystals that may hold 830-million-year-old living organisms
Researchers observe what appear to be microorganisms trapped in liquid inside a salt formation; study could provide insight into life on other planets
By ToI Staff
Illustrative image: World map, with blank continents and countries against a blue background (iStock via Getty Images)
March 7, 2022, 6:08 pm
Israeli academic’s time travel adventure in Earth’s crust may explain world’s layout
Prof. Roi Granot and Dutch scientists outline a theory of chain reactions in tectonic plates that they say determined the appearance of the world as we know it
By Nathan Jeffay
Remains of tools discovered in Jerusalem's City of David within a layer of destruction from the 8th century BCE, which coincided with a massive earthquake mentioned in the Bible. The tools were likely shattered during the quake. (Eliyahu Yanai/ City of David)
August 4, 2021, 2:34 pm
Archaeologists unearth 1st Jerusalem evidence of quake from Bible’s Book of Amos
8th century BCE tremblors recorded by biblical prophet get new proof from current excavations in the City of David; scholars hope it will help them crack the city’s timeline
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
These microscopic 890-million-year-old fossils found in the Northwest Territories are thought to be the remains of an ancient sponge. (Elizabeth Turner/Laurentian University)
July 28, 2021, 9:50 pm
Earliest animal fossils, almost 1 billion years old, said discovered in Canada
Geologist Elizabeth Turner discovered the rocks containing ancient sponges in a remote region of the Northwest Territories accessible only by helicopter
By CHRISTINA LARSON
A salt flat on the shores of the Dead Sea on January 11, 2017. (Melanie Lidman/Times of Israel)
July 2, 2019, 7:28 pm
Geologists float an answer to the mystery of salt flurries beneath Dead Sea
New computer simulation and research helps scientists understand how salt makes its way down rather than up, providing a glimpse into formation of massive deposits around the world
By Melanie Lidman
A shepherd herds sheep near the village of Ishakcelebi near the western city of Manisa, Turkey, December 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Selcan Hacaoglu)
April 18, 2019, 7:19 pm
Urine traces provide insight into ancient animal domestication
New study reveals that some 10,000 years ago, amount of sheep and goat excretion in ancient village in Turkey multiplied by 10 to 1,000
By AFP
A Carmel Sapphire unearthed by Shefa Yamim in northern Israel. (YouTube screenshot)
January 15, 2019, 3:19 am
Israeli firm unearths gemstone with mineral mix previously only found in space
Shefa Yamim mining firm says carmeltazite has not been identified on Earth before; compound could boost value of sapphires from northern Carmel mountain range
By ToI Staff
Eitan Aizenberg, the mastermind behind the find of Israel's giant natural gas field, Leviathan, at his Ratio Petroleum office in Tel Aviv, April 17, 2018 (Courtesy)
April 18, 2018, 6:49 pm
Octogenarian geologist behind Israel’s giant gas field eyes foreign waters
Eitan Aizenberg, who identified country’s largest natural gas field off the Mediterranean coast, says Israelis have competitive edge in oil and gas exploration
By Shoshanna Solomon
A scientist collects concrete samples from the Roman era Portus Cosanus pier in Orbetello, Italy (JP Oleson)
July 6, 2017, 2:08 pm
How have Roman structures lasted so long? New research finds concrete answers
Ancient Israeli coastal city of Caesarea composed of surprising mortar recipe, Utah University geologist discovers
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Illustrative: Chickens on a free-range farm. (Wikipedia/woodley wonderworks/CC BY 2.0)
August 29, 2016, 6:52 pm
Some scientists say human-caused geological epoch upon us
Carbon dioxide, nuclear bombs and the domestic chicken all factor into recommendation to declare onset of ‘Anthropocene’
By AFP and ToI Staff
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