Scientists have successfully extracted and analyzed ancient air trapped inside a rock for over 815 million years, providing a direct glimpse into Earth’s distant atmospheric past. This groundbreaking study, led by geochemist Dr. Nigel Blamey and an international research team, developed a method to measure gases sealed inside microscopic bubbles within halite — a mineral form of rock salt. The …
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