(Phys.org) -- Results from an expedition to far eastern Russia that set out to find the origin of naturally occurring quasicrystals have provided convincing evidence that they arrived on Earth from outer space.
Condensed Matter
Aug 9, 2012
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Global glaciation likely put a chill on life on Earth hundreds of millions of years ago, but new research indicates that simple life in the form of photosynthetic algae could have survived in a narrow body of water with characteristics ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 11, 2011
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During ice ages, dry, frozen terrain extended over much of northern Europe, Asia and North America. Many plants and animals retreated from these desolate, harsh landscapes and sought refuge in pockets of more hospitable territory.
Earth Sciences
Feb 8, 2024
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An international team including Simon Steidle from the Quaternary Research Group at the Department of Geology at the University of Innsbruck has reconstructed the evolution of groundwater in the Great Basin, U.S.—one of ...
Earth Sciences
May 11, 2023
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The remains of glyptodonts, a group of extinct giant armadillos, indicate that humans spread to South America earlier than previously assumed. Found in northwestern Venezuela, the fractured skulls could represent evidence ...
Paleontology & Fossils
Nov 15, 2022
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Innovative research showing that populations of a small fish that live in both Iceland's lakes and marine waters, respond more quickly and differently to predators after they invade new freshwater lakes, demonstrating how ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 26, 2022
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Scientists are increasingly concerned about the impact of climate change on the world's biodiversity, and much effort has been placed into forecasting the response of species to these changes over the next century. Research ...
Ecology
Oct 5, 2016
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(Phys.org)—A team of researchers with the University of Connecticut, Harvard University and the Hebrew University in Israel has found that climate conditions in the southern Levant during the Younger Dryas were as cool ...
Researchers from the University of Exeter believe they have solved one of the biggest puzzles in climate science. The new study, published in Nature Geoscience, explains the synchrony observed during glacial periods when ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 28, 2015
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Hunter-gatherers living in glacial conditions produced pots for cooking fish, according to the findings of a pioneering new study led by the University of York which reports the earliest direct evidence for the use of ceramic ...
Archaeology
Apr 10, 2013
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