geophysics – Page 2 – Matty (Headwind)

August 27, 2020January 28, 2022

Is Hell Exothermic or Endothermic?

You might be surprised how often this issue comes up. Tell an atheist science troll (AST) on Twitter that hell is expanding and don’t be surprised if you get the response: “if hell is expanding then it must be cooling”. They don’t take into account that hell is expanding due to the continual influx of human souls and debris.
– Matty

Original Article

The following is an actual question given on a University of Washington chemistry mid-term:

“Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)? Support your answer with a proof.”
– University of Washington exam question.

April 11, 2020September 27, 2021

Ancient Microscopic Mineral Excavation Deepens Mystery of the Origins of Earth’s Magnetic Field

By Jennifer Chu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
April 8, 2020
Original article.

This is a direct copy of a SciPop or news article preserved here because things on the internet have a bad habit of disappearing when you try to find them again. Full credit is given to the original authors and the source.
– Matty

The existence of a magnetic field beyond 3.5 billion years ago is still up for debate.

Microscopic minerals excavated from an ancient outcrop of Jack Hills, in Western Australia, have been the subject of intense geological study, as they seem to bear traces of the Earth’s magnetic field reaching as far back as 4.2 billion years ago. That’s almost 1 billion years earlier than when the magnetic field was previously thought to originate, and nearly back to the time when the planet itself was formed.

March 3, 2020September 27, 2021

3 billion-year-old Earth had water everywhere, but not one continent, study suggests

This is a direct copy of a SciPop or news article preserved here because things on the internet have a bad habit of disappearing when you try to find them again. Full credit is given to the original authors and the source.
– Matty

Chemicals in rocks hinted at a world without continents.

What did Earth look like 3.2 billion years ago? New evidence suggests the planet was covered by a vast ocean and had no continents at all.

October 16, 2018January 20, 2022

Journeys to the Center of the Earth

Our planet’s core powers a magnetic field that shields us from a hostile cosmos. But how does it really work?

This is a direct copy of a SciPop or news article preserved here because things on the internet have a bad habit of disappearing when you try to find them again. Full credit is given to the original authors and the source.
– Matty

By Tim Folger
Monday, July 14, 2014
Original article.