Triple oxygen isotope research has emerged as a powerful tool to enhance our understanding of hydrological processes and past climate variability. By simultaneously analysing δ18O, δ17O, and the ...

An international team, led by Professor Chenxi Xu from the Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, has generated the first continental-scale isoscapes of δ¹⁸O TR across Asia ...

A new analysis of chemical signatures measured by NASA's Curiosity Rover gives a peek at Mars's past to a time some 3.7 billion years ago, when it was warmer and wetter. Subscribe to our newsletter ...

Water drawn from a living Equisetum plant, called horsetail, has registered the most extreme oxygen isotope signature ever ...

Today’s climate change pales in comparison with what happened as Earth gave birth to its oxygen-containing atmosphere billions of years ago. By analyzing clues contained in rocks, scientists at the ...

The strongest force in the Universe is the one that holds together the protons and neutrons in an atom’s nucleus. To unlock how elements are forged, the physics of neutron stars and more, scientists ...