Latest Mark Harrison Stories

New research by the University of Warwick and Humboldt University shows that the frequency of wars between states increased steadily from 1870 to 2001 by 2% a year on average. The research argues that conflict is being fed by economic growth and the proliferation of new borders.We may think the world enjoyed periods of relative freedom from war between the Cold War and 9/11 but the new research by Professor Mark Harrison from at the University of Warwick's the Centre for Competitive Advantage...

Analysis of minerals in ancient magmas paints new picture of early EarthA new picture of the early Earth is emerging, including the surprising finding that plate tectonics may have started more than 4 billion years ago "” much earlier than scientists had believed, according to new research by UCLA geochemists reported Nov. 27 in the journal Nature."We are proposing that there was plate-tectonic activity in the first 500 million years of Earth's history," said geochemistry...