By applying an algorithm akin to what Facebook uses to make friend suggestions, researchers have identified communities of ancient life in the fossil record and tracked how their numbers changed through each of the planet's ...
Paleontology & Fossils
Feb 28, 2022
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The asteroid that killed nearly all dinosaurs struck Earth during springtime. An international team of scientists from the Vrije Universiteit (VU) Amsterdam (The Netherlands), Uppsala University (Sweden), Vrije Universiteit ...
Paleontology & Fossils
Feb 23, 2022
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A new dinosaur which formed part of an array of 'unusual' creatures has been discovered in Argentina.
Paleontology & Fossils
Feb 18, 2022
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The supercontinent Pangaea, which was a combination of today's continents, broke apart at the end of the Triassic period due to large-scale volcanic activity. This volcanic activity was thought to be the most likely cause ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 31, 2022
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As the major absorbing aerosol, black carbon exerts positive radiative forcing on the atmosphere and affects the radiation balance of the earth-atmosphere system and hence aerosol-boundary interactions.
Environment
Jan 25, 2022
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Curtin-led research has revealed an increase in levels of both acid and hydrogen sulfide in the ocean was the double whammy that wiped out marine life during a mass extinction event 201 million years ago.
Earth Sciences
Jan 11, 2022
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A new study, published today in the journal Nature, has provided the most detailed timeline of mammal evolution to date.
Evolution
Dec 22, 2021
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The Late Devonian mass extinction (roughly 372 million years ago) was one of five mass extinctions in Earth's history, with roughly 75% of all species disappearing over its course. It happened in two "pulses," spaced about ...
Paleontology & Fossils
Dec 21, 2021
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A new study has found that the minerology of the rocks that a meteorite hits, rather than the size of the impact, determines how deadly an impact it will have.
Planetary Sciences
Dec 14, 2021
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A team of researchers from Hokkaido University and the Gunma Museum of Natural History, both in Japan and Carleton University in Canada, has found evidence of anatomical parts in an ancient relative of the crocodile that ...
