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Global atmospheric teleconnections during Dansgaard–Oeschger events
Nature Geoscience 10, 36 (2017). doi:10.1038/ngeo2848 Authors: Bradley R. Markle, Eric J. Steig, Christo Buizert, Spruce W. Schoenemann, Cecilia M. Bitz, T. J. Fudge, Joel B. Pedro, Qinghua Ding, Tyler R. Jones, James W. C. White & Todd Sowers Nature … Continue reading
New study traces the origins of marsupials in N. America, find mammals during age of dinosaurs packed a powerful bite
A new study by paleontologists describes an early marsupial relative called Didelphodon vorax that lived alongside ferocious dinosaurs and had, pound-for-pound, the strongest bite force of any mammal ever recorded. Paleontology News — ScienceDaily
During last warming period, Antarctica heated up two to three times more than planet average
A new study of warming after the last ice age 20,000 years ago confirms climate models that predict an amplification of warming at the poles. By 15,000 years ago, the Antarctic had warmed about 11 degrees Celsius, almost 3 times … Continue reading
Mysterious ‘Smiley Face’ Appears in Hawaiian Volcano During Eruption
Hawaii volcano appears to show off a red hot grin complete with glowing eyes The Big Island of Hawaii is getting a little bigger as lava from the Kilauea Volcano flows into the Pacific Ocean ? and the volcano seems … Continue reading
Migration back to Africa took place during the Paleolithic
The Palaeogenomics study conducted by the Human Evolutionary Biology group of the Faculty of Science and Technology, led by Concepción de la Rua, in collaboration with researchers in Sweden, the Netherlands and Romania, has made it possible to retrieve the … Continue reading
Antarctic fossils reveal creatures weren’t safer in the south during dinosaur extinction
A study of more than 6,000 marine fossils from the Antarctic shows that the mass extinction event that killed the dinosaurs was sudden and just as deadly to life in the polar regions. Previously, scientists had thought that creatures living … Continue reading
Migration back to Africa took place during the Palaeolithic
A research group has managed to retrieve the mitochondrial genome of a fossil 35,000 years old found in the Pestera Muierii cave in Romania. That woman was part of the first population of our species that inhabited Europe following the … Continue reading
Antarctic fossils reveal creatures weren’t safer in the south during dinosaur extinction
A study of more than 6,000 marine fossils from the Antarctic shows that the mass extinction event that killed the dinosaurs was sudden and just as deadly to life in the polar regions. read more (e) Science News – Paleontology … Continue reading
Faults control the amount of water flowing into the Earth during continental breakup
New light has been shed on the processes by which ocean water enters the solid Earth during continental breakup. Research led by geoscientists at the University of Southampton, and published in Nature Geoscience this week, is the first to show … Continue reading
typhlonectes: Pu?u ?O?o fountain during episode 23 of the…
typhlonectes: Pu?u ?O?o fountain during episode 23 of the Pu?u ?O?o?Kupaianaha Eruption on July 28, 1984. Theodolite measurements of these high fountains, which played throughout the day, ranged from 150 to 305 m. Photograph by J.D. Griggs, 7/28/84 (via: U.S. … Continue reading