For five million years, woolly mammoths roamed the earth until they vanished for good nearly 4,000 years ago—and scientists have finally proved why.
Paleontology & Fossils
Oct 20, 2021
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Microscopic animals that live in soils are as diverse in the tropical forests of Costa Rica as they are in the arid grasslands of Kenya or the tundra and boreal forests of Alaska and Sweden, according to ...
Ecology
Oct 18, 2011
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A clump of grass grows on an outcrop of shale 33,000 years ago. An ostrich pecks at the grass, and atoms taken up from the shale and into the grass become part of the eggshell the ostrich lays.
Archaeology
Mar 9, 2020
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By uprooting carbon trapped in soil, wild pigs are releasing around 4.9 million metric tons of carbon dioxide annually across the globe, the equivalent of 1.1 million cars.
Environment
Jul 19, 2021
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New excavations in Uppåkra are at the forefront of cutting edge archaeological techniques. By combining big data, data modeling and DNA sequencing, researchers are currently solving significant parts of a historical puzzle. ...
Archaeology
Oct 21, 2022
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Offshore wind farms host more soil animals per square meter than the North Sea floor, discovered Leiden researchers. After 25 years, a hundred times more animals and twice the number of different species could live on the ...
Ecology
May 2, 2023
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(Phys.org) —A new study has demonstrated that large animals have acted as carriers of key nutrients to plants and animals over thousands of years and on continental scales.
Earth Sciences
Aug 11, 2013
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The people of medieval Iceland survived disaster by sticking with traditional practices, an innovative new study suggests.
Earth Sciences
Mar 22, 2012
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New research has brought us a step closer to untangling the complex reasons why certain plant species triumph over others.
Plants & Animals
Oct 21, 2011
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Fun fact: The microscopic worms BYU professor Byron Adams studies are not only the most abundant animal species on earth, they also make up four-fifths of animal life on this planet. That's right, four out of every five animals ...
Environment
Jul 26, 2019
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