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Chemical signatures in shale, the Earth’s most typical sedimentary rock, level to a fast rise of land above the ocean 2.four billion years in the past that probably triggered dramatic modifications in local weather and life. Geology News — ScienceDaily
An asteroid, also known as the Chicxulub Impactor, hit Earth some 66 million years ago, causing a crater 180 km wide. The impact of the asteroid heated organic matter in rocks and ejected it into the atmosphere, forming soot in … Continue reading
The significant scale of human impact on our planet has changed the course of Earth history, an international team of scientists. Geology News — ScienceDaily
The significant scale of human impact on our planet has changed the course of Earth history, an international team of scientists. Paleontology News — ScienceDaily
Microscopic view of halite (i.e. salt) with cubic fluid inclusions containing trapped ancient water and air. Ancient air trapped in rock salt for 813 million years is changing the timeline of atmospheric changes and life on Earth. Defining past atmospheric … Continue reading
Thanks to the analysis of fossil pollen and charcoal remains, a team of scientists has been able to reconstruct the evolution of the vegetation from Gran Canaria between 4,500 and 1,500 years ago. The study reveals that the disappearance of … Continue reading
Losing the ability to fly gave ancient penguins their unique locomotion style. But leaving the sky behind didn’t cause major changes in their brain structure, researchers suggest after examining the skull of the oldest known penguin fossil. Paleontology News — … Continue reading
P(By Giovanna Chirri) (ANSA) – Vatican City, April 22 – Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli – the pope who started the Second Vatican Council and died in 1963 – and Karol Wojtyla – who was pontiff during the Cold War and the … Continue reading