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Ancient salt reveals a clear view of Earth’s atmosphere from 1.4 billion-years-ago
More than a billion years ago, a shallow basin in what is now northern Ontario held a subtropical lake. The setting likely ...
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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 atmosphere of the day, before photosynthesis was productive enough to make it ...
Salt creeping on smooth glass substrate. Credit: M.J. Qazi; H. Salim; C.A.W. Doorman; N. Shahidzadeh Salt creep – a common phenomenon that occurs when salt crystals rapidly precipitate from ...
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 ...
Humans have been harvesting salt since prehistoric times. In this kitchen-science experiment from ATK Kids — the children's website of America's Test Kitchen — chunky flakes of salt appear as a ...
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