Category Archives: geochemistry

How big was that asteroid? The latest geochemist/geophysicist smackdown

What’s the most accurate method of estimating the size of asteroids associated with past impact events?
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Categories: geochemistry, geohazards, geology, planets

How the air we breathe became breathable

What geology tells us about the evolution of the Earth’s atmosphere.
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Categories: Archean, geochemistry, geology, paper reviews, past worlds, Proterozoic

Out of the ice age, into the asteroid shower

Was the biggest cold snap in the last deglaciation caused by an extraterrestrial impact?
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Categories: climate science, geochemistry, geohazards, paper reviews, past worlds, planets, Pleistocene