Scientists draw new connections between climate change and warming oceans
It happened once before, and it could happen again.
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Could we detect an ancient industrial civilization in the geological record?
As a species, we humans tend to take it for granted that we are the only ones that live in sedentary communities, use tools, and alter our landscape to meet our needs. It is also a foregone conclusion that in the history ...
Astronomy
Apr 17, 2018
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Carbon dioxide levels lower than thought during super greenhouse period
Concentration of carbon dioxide during an intense period of global warmth may have been as low as half the level previously suggested by scientists, according to a new Dartmouth College study.
Environment
Oct 12, 2017
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New species of arowana (osteoglossid fish) discovered from the Eocene of China
The Asian arowana (Scleropages formosus), known as the dragon fish, is one of the most prized and expensive aquarium fishes in the world. Scleropages is an extant freshwater fish of Osteoglossidae with a transoceanic distribution ...
Archaeology
Apr 11, 2017
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Evidence disproving tropical 'thermostat' theory: global warming can breach limits for life
New research findings show that as the world warmed millions of years ago, conditions in the tropics may have made it so hot some organisms couldn't survive.
Earth Sciences
Mar 3, 2017
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Extraterrestrial impact preceded ancient global warming event
In a new study, scientists say they have found evidence along the New Jersey coast that an extraterrestrial object hit the earth at the same time a mysterious release of carbon dioxide suddenly warmed the planet, some 55.6 ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 13, 2016
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New evidence of a long-term planetary thermostat to remove excess CO2
Scientists working in the North Atlantic have found the clearest geologic evidence yet of a planetary thermostat that counteracts the warming cause by massive amounts of greenhouse gas by absorbing CO2 into the rocky sediments ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 26, 2016
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Ancient marine sediments provide clues to future climate change
Atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration was the major driver behind the global climatic shifts that occurred between 53 and 34 million years ago, according to new research led by the University of Southampton.
Earth Sciences
Apr 25, 2016
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Research offers new evidence about the Gulf of Mexico's past
Geologists studying a region in the Mexican state of Veracruz have discovered evidence to explain the origin of the Wilcox Formation, one of Mexico's most productive oil plays, as well as support for the theory that water ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 16, 2016
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New study confirms giant flightless bird wandered the Arctic 50 million years ago
It's official: There really was a giant, flightless bird with a head the size of a horse's wandering about in the winter twilight of the high Arctic some 53 million years ago.
Archaeology
Feb 12, 2016
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