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Alan Collins, Professor of Geology, University of Adelaide

How algae conquered the world – and other epic stories hidden in the rocks of the Flinders Ranges

Alan Collins, CC BY-SA

Earth was not always so hospitable. Evidence of how it came to be so beautiful and nurturing is locked in the rocks of South Australia’s Flinders Ranges – a site now vying for World Heritage listing.

Our new research seeks to better understand this near billion-year-old story. We discovered immense planetary upheaval recorded in the ranges.

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