Brussels, 15/07/2005 (Agence Europe) - CRONUS-EU, a research project financed by the European Union, is to try to lay down on a better chronology of the events which marked the history of the Earth's surface. The use of cosmic rays will allow scientists to date changes which occurred in the landscape more precisely. The new methods based on cosmic rays will shed new light on the climatic cycles and conditions of the past, changes in soil erosion, the frequency of floods and landslides and on...