The Lost World, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's account of an isolated community of dinosaurs that survived the catastrophic extinction event 65 million years ago, has no less appeal now than it did when it was written a century ...
Archaeology
Apr 28, 2009
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A former South African quarry is opening a window into an important period in the history of life.
Paleontology & Fossils
Nov 30, 2022
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New technologies often mean elements start moving through the environment in new ways. Take lead plumbing: it helped provide access to fresh water for the masses, but left a toxic legacy that remains to this day.
Ecology
Nov 15, 2022
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Curtin University researchers studying molecular fossils or "biomarkers" from deep beneath the Chicxulub impact crater have found evidence of how microorganisms changed in response to fluctuations in the Earth's climate, ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 21, 2022
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An international and multidisciplinary piece of research involving the participation of Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) concludes with the discovery of the mineralised fossil remains of the oldest sponges in the world—530 ...
Paleontology & Fossils
Nov 16, 2021
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Research which suggests that structures previously thought to be fossils may, in fact, be mineral deposits could save future Mars missions valuable time and resources.
Biochemistry
Nov 27, 2019
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A clutch of marine fossil specimens unearthed in northern Portugal that lived between 470 and 459 million years ago is filling a gap in understanding evolution during the Middle Ordovician period.
Paleontology & Fossils
Jun 4, 2019
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A "hidden cradle of plant evolution" has been uncovered in Jordan. In Permian sedimentary rocks exposed along the east coast of the Dead Sea, a team led by palaeobotanists from the University of Münster discovered well-preserved ...
Archaeology
Dec 28, 2018
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Sometimes hidden clues beneath our feet can reveal intriguing stories about the impacts of environmental change.
Archaeology
Oct 30, 2018
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When considering human impacts on earth systems, disturbance to the carbon cycle grabs the headlines. But another critically important earth process, the nitrogen cycle, has also seen major disruption from human activity.
Environment
May 9, 2016
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