In the summer, take advantage of the flat water at Blowing Rocks to paddle board and snorkel to see different rocky formations in the ocean. There is no lifeguard on duty, so be careful swimming ...

There seems to be too much of a radioactive element in rocks deep in the Pacific Ocean – how did it get there 10 million years ago?

And so what used to be flat is no ... to see whether the rock layers buried in Utopia Planitia were volcanic or if they contained sediments consistent with those of an ocean.

Bringing a novel approach to a classic problem, researchers have revealed how changes in ocean chemistry over the past 2 billion years have left an imprint on volcanic rocks formed in island arcs.