Welcome back to a new year of Earth News Interviews!

In this episode, Dean, Winnie, Kathryn, and Tina each discuss their favorite earth sciences paper from 2021.

Primary reading discussed:

- Using phylogenies to detect a major extinction event in the Oligocene of Africa

- Clues from soured milk reveal how gold veins form

- Diversity, equity, and inclusion: Tackling under-representation and recognition of talents in geochemistry and cosmochemistry

- Accidental synthesis of a previously unknown quasicrystal in the first atomic bomb test