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Glass sponge as a living climate archive

(PhysOrg.com) -- Climate scientists have discovered a new archive of historical sea temperatures. With the help of the skeleton of a sponge that belongs to the Monorhaphis chuni species and that lived in the ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 05, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Volcanic artifacts imply ice-age mariners in prehistoric Greece

Mariners may have been traveling the Aegean Sea even before the end of the last ice age, according to new evidence from researchers, in order to extract coveted volcanic rocks for pre-Bronze Age tools and ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Aug 29, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Made by man, finished by nature: Now's the best time to hit the beach to hunt for sea glass

It may have once been part of a beer bottle. Or a vase. Or a Milk of Magnesia container. But after decades of being tumbled by water, after years of having its edges softened and rounded, it sits on the beach, a colored ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Jun 11, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 3