Geology – Brewminate: We're Never Far From Where We Were https://brewminate.com Sat, 17 Oct 2026 01:24:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://brewminate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-BrewBLogo01-32x32.jpg Geology – Brewminate: We're Never Far From Where We Were https://brewminate.com 32 32 Mapping a Lost Branch of the Nile River as a Key to the Longstanding Mystery of the Pyramids https://brewminate.com/mapping-a-lost-branch-of-the-nile-river-as-a-key-to-the-longstanding-mystery-of-the-pyramids/ Mon, 11 Aug 2025 23:09:10 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=237046 Why build pyramids in the desert? A centuries-old puzzle may be answered by the slow wandering of the

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]]> Rapa Nui Rocks: An Agricultural History of Easter Island https://brewminate.com/rapa-nui-rocks-an-agricultural-history-of-easter-island/ Mon, 02 Jun 2025 14:24:00 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=237165 Rapanui people used rock gardens to grow much of their food. Introduction Conventional wisdom holds that the island

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]]> Deep Oceans and Shallow Pools: Searching High and Low for the Origins of Life https://brewminate.com/deep-oceans-and-shallow-pools-searching-high-and-low-for-the-origins-of-life/ Tue, 25 Jun 2024 14:14:50 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=228627 Researchers think they’re getting warmer. By Anne N. ConnorSenior Science WriterThe Johns Hopkins University Introduction Hot, bubbling fissures

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]]> Fire and Ice: A History of Earth’s Climate from 770 Million Years Ago https://brewminate.com/fire-and-ice-a-history-of-earths-climate-from-770-million-years-ago/ Fri, 05 Apr 2024 14:37:03 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=228279 Geological phenomena and natural cycles can drastically alter the Earth’s physical attributes. Introduction Many dramatic changes to the

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]]> Central American Volcanoes Offer Clue to Earth’s Geological Evolution https://brewminate.com/central-american-volcanoes-offer-clue-to-earths-geological-evolution/ Wed, 27 Dec 2023 16:33:16 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=223299 The variety of magma types make for a geological paradise. Over millions of years, the Earth’s upper layers

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]]> Pangaea: The Prehistoric United Continents in Earth’s Geological History https://brewminate.com/pangaea-the-prehistoric-united-continents-in-earths-geological-history/ Wed, 16 Aug 2023 14:13:19 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=215650 The name “Pangaea” is derived from Ancient Greek pan (“all, entire, whole”) and Gaia or Gaea. Introduction Pangaea or Pangea[1] was

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]]> From the Tapuyas: A History of the Amazon Rainforest https://brewminate.com/from-the-tapuyas-a-history-of-the-amazon-rainforest/ Wed, 16 Aug 2023 14:12:32 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=215663 The name Amazon is said to arise from a war Francisco de Orellana fought with the Tapuyas and

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]]> The Mississippi River and a History of Human Occupation https://brewminate.com/the-mississippi-river-and-a-history-of-human-occupation/ Wed, 16 Aug 2023 14:11:44 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=215675 Before 1866, people could wade across the Mississippi River. Looking Back at History By Robert “Ernie” Boszhardt, Mississippi

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]]> How the ‘Common Era’ (CE) Replaced ‘Anno Domini’ (AD) https://brewminate.com/how-the-common-era-ce-replaced-anno-domini-ad/ Fri, 30 Dec 2022 15:18:59 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=167568 Today most societies take the A.D. time system for granted. That wasn’t always the case, and it’s changing

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]]> Cold as Ice: A History of Earth’s Glacial Periods https://brewminate.com/cold-as-ice-a-history-of-earths-glacial-periods/ Thu, 07 Jul 2022 14:07:14 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=179368 Earth is currently in an interglacial period—the Holocene. Introduction An ice age is a long period of reduction in the

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