As someone deeply invested in the purity of scientific inquiry, particularly Earth sciences, I’ve been watching with growing concern the politicization of once-revered journals. Today, we’re diving into Gondwana Research, a flagship publication in geoscience known for its rigorous exploration of ancient supercontinents, tectonics, and paleontology. Established in 1997 and »
Summary August 10, 2025: Drone attacks, stalled export negotiations, and unpaid salaries continue to challenge the Kurdistan Region of Iraq’s (KRI) oil and gas industry, yet ambitious commercial investments and international mediation offer hope for recovery. The KRI faces persistent security risks, financial disputes with the Iraqi Federal Government (IFG)in »
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Review of the Proposed Revised JORC Code Executive Summary August 12, 2025: The Australasian Code for Reporting Exploration Results, Mineral Resources, and Ore Reserves (JORC Code), first released in 1989 and updated in 2012, is undergoing a major revision. The 2024 draft, released on August 1, 2024 for public consultation »
Thursday, August 7, 2025: A new study in BMC Biology examines the leg mobility of the Trilobite, Olenoides serratus from the Burgess Shale, revealing how these ancient creatures navigated their seafloor world differently from modern relatives like horseshoe crabs. Trilobites are a group of euarthropods that were a major component »
August 5, 2025: A study published in Communications Earth & Environment provides evidence for a transition in Earth’s thermal regime at approximately 3.9 billion years ago (Ga), based on geochemical analysis of zircon grains from the Jack Hills, Western Australia. This shift from exogenic (impact-driven) to endogenic (internally driven) thermal »
