Stone Stories
New understanding for the vast stone monuments constructed in Saudi Arabia 7,000 years ago
The enigmatic “mustatils” may have been “ritual sites where groups of people met to perform some kind of currently unknown social activities”
Laser melting of moon dust and building the “Moon Village” by 3D printing
Researchers from Hanover, Germany have proven that an earthly imitation of Regolith can be liquefied by laser / Tests on the moon with real material planned for 2021
Above the US, this year’s Perseid meteor shower will have its peak in the night from August 11 to 12, in the pre-morning hours
It is caused by the tail of the comet Swift-Tuttle, through which our planet flies every year and whose particles burn up in the Earth’s atmosphere
Plato’s cubes, California coast’s surface sinking, the Faroe Bank Channel Overflow in the deep North Atlantic, and the last ice age
Recent scientific discoveries about our planet, its rocks and related topics
New construction of the Albula Tunnel in the Swiss Alps: at 1192 m driving, the rock is like a “paste and floating” for 21 m
Even 110 years after the 1st tube through the mountain, the challenges for the engineers are still great
Most of Stonehenge’s large boulders called “sarsens” have their origin in West Woods, Wiltshire, 25 km away
New findings by analysis of the stones’ chemical composition / The smaller so called “Bluestones” forming the inner circle come from Wales
Sediments from the Blue Hole off the coast of Belize show the development of the Caribbean hurricanes over the last 2000 years
An increase in storm activity coincided with the decline of the Mayan culture
Germany’s largest ever stony meteorite identified in Blaubeuren in the South of the country
A stonemason from Swabia with his diamond saw was needed to cut the celestial body
Enhanced weathering of milled rocks could indeed remove CO2 from the atmosphere – but there are limits to the feasibility
Research shows that the procedure could only be a small contribution and would require strong pricing of greenhouse gas emissions
Restless Earth: scientists find out that the Eifel volcanic region in Germany remains seismically active
There is no danger, but measurements show an uplift and stretching in the ground / Until now it was believed that volcanism there was a thing of the past
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