Geology

Geology Current Events I chose an article from the May 2002 National Geographic Magazine. My article is about arguments surrounding the age of the earth. Due to previous beliefs of the earth’s age and new contrasting discoveries geologists are in conflict over merits of both theories. It was formerly believed that rock samples found on Akilia, a small island off the coast of Greenland, were at least 3.85 billion years old, and that they contained evidence of the earliest life forms of earth. After a reexamination of the rocks by geologists Chris Fedo and Martin Whitehouse, arguments are arising as two conclusions were made: One is that the deposits aren’t as old as believed, and two is that they might not contain the remnants of living things at all. These two conclusions are already being challenged by other rocks, theory, two, rock, geologists, formed, article, , water, volcano, things, theories, second, one, old, living, igneous, first, earth, due, conclusions, believed, arguments, akilia, age, about, years, world, whitehouse, white, watery, veins, values, time, surrounding, suggests