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Colorado River’s connection with the ocean was a punctuated affair

The Colorado River’s initial trip to the ocean didn’t come easy, but its story has emerged from layers of sediment preserved within tectonically active stretches of the waterway’s lower reaches. Researchers theorize that the river’s route off the Colorado Plateau … Continue reading

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Construction Workers Unearth Rare Fossil in Thornton, Colorado

Construction crews uncovered a rare dinosaur fossil in Thornton on Friday,(Photo: City of Thornton) A construction crew unearthed a triceratops skeleton and skull at a construction site in Thornton on Friday. Paleontologists from the Denver Museum of Nature and Science … Continue reading

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Could a Colorado earthquake have been triggered by dinosaur extinction impact?

Researchers have found signs of fault displacement at well-known rock outcrops in Colorado that mark the end-Cretaceous asteroid impact that may have hurried the extinction of the dinosaurs. Geology News — ScienceDaily

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Could a Colorado earthquake have been triggered by dinosaur extinction impact?

Researchers have found signs of fault displacement at well-known rock outcrops in Colorado that mark the end-Cretaceous asteroid impact that may have hurried the extinction of the dinosaurs. Paleontology News — ScienceDaily

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Global Warming is Shrinking Colorado River which could Affect 41 Million Americans

Global Warming Is Shrinking Colorado River Warm temperatures, not just drought, are shrinking the Colorado River A shortage of rain and snow can account for only about two-thirds of the river’s decline, according to a new study. Warming in the … Continue reading

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From rocks in Colorado, proof of a ‘chaotic photo voltaic system’

Plumbing a ninety million-yr-previous layer cake of sedimentary rock in Colorado, a workforce of scientists has discovered proof confirming a essential concept of how the planets in our photo voltaic system behave of their orbits across the solar. The discovering … Continue reading

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