More than a billion years ago, in a shallow basin across what is now northern Ontario, a subtropical lake much like ...
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Ancient salt crystals shed light on Earth’s climate 1.4 billion years ago
Tiny droplets of water and microscopic bubbles of gas were trapped in “fluid inclusions,” sealing a perfect record of Earth’s ...
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“It’s an incredible feeling”: Salty air bubbles in 1.4-billion-year-old crystals reveal secrets of Earth’s early atmosphere
Salt crystals formed when a saline lake dried up 1.4 billion years ago trapped air inside, providing a sample of the ...
Salt creeping, a phenomenon that occurs in both natural and industrial processes, describes the collection and migration of salt crystals from evaporating solutions onto surfaces. Once they start ...
Trapped gases in 1.4 billion-year-old salt crystals reveal ancient secrets about oxygen and carbon dioxide levels on early ...
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