Carbonate is initially precipitated in the ocean as metastable calcite and/or aragonite, and is subsequently transformed into stable interlocking crystals of low-Mg calcite and/or dolomite. In this ...

Sedimentary rocks aren’t just stones under our feet—they’re Earth’s storytellers, recording ancient environments, climate shifts, and even the creatures that once lived here. Formed through processes ...

Almost 20 years ago, New Scientist ran a feature called “Imagine Earth without people”, a thought experiment about what would happen to our planet over thousands of years if humanity suddenly ...