Fossil land snail shells found in ancient soils on the subtropical eastern Canary Islands show that the Spanish archipelago off the northwest coast of Africa has become progressively drier over the past 50,000 years.
Earth Sciences
Oct 27, 2009
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Researchers here have used sediment from the deep ocean bottom to reconstruct a record of ancient climate that dates back more than the last half-million years.
Earth Sciences
Jun 15, 2009
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Indonesia's Mount Merapi volcano spewed avalanches of hot clouds in eruptions overnight Thursday that forced about 250 residents to flee to temporary shelters and left ash blanketing nearby villages and towns. No casualties ...
Environment
Mar 10, 2022
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An assistant professor of sociology and anthropology from The University of Texas at Arlington, who also chairs the national Advisory Council on Underwater Archaeology, is advocating for more diversity and inclusion in her ...
Archaeology
Dec 22, 2021
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Breathing quickly in the thin mountain air, my colleagues and I set down our equipment. We're at the base of a jagged outcrop that protrudes upwards out of a steep gravel slope.
Earth Sciences
Nov 3, 2020
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Many think of globalization as a modern and corporate phenomenon, and it has been readily linked to the spread of coronavirus.
Archaeology
May 6, 2020
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The 5.4 million-square-mile Antarctic Ice Sheet is the greatest mass of fresh water on Earth. If it all were to melt, it would raise global sea levels some 220 feet. Searching for answers to how fast the ice might react to ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 25, 2019
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Scientists are peeking into ancient oceans to unravel the complexities of mass extinctions, past and future. A new examination of Earth's largest extinction by scientists at the California Academy of Sciences and the University ...
Ecology
Mar 14, 2019
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Today Mars has only a thin atmosphere, and its surface is very dry with the possible exception of some localised and temporary water seeps. However, ancient eroded valley networks that were discovered by orbiting spacecraft ...
Space Exploration
Dec 7, 2017
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We think of oceans as being stable and permanent. However, they move at about the same speed as your fingernails grow. Geoscientists at CEED, University of Oslo have found a novel way of mapping the Earth's ancient oceans.
Earth Sciences
Nov 10, 2017
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