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New perception into how Big’s Causeway and Devils Postpile had been shaped
A brand new examine by geoscientists has recognized the temperature at which cooling magma cracks to kind geometric columns akin to these discovered on the Big’s Causeway in Northern Eire and Devils Postpile within the USA. Geology News — ScienceDaily
The Giant’s Causeway (part 2): other volcanic highlights
This is the second and final part of an article on the volcanic highlights of Northern Ireland’s Giant’s Causeway and surrounds. We were in the area for several days and the weather was fairly mixed, but there were glorious skies … Continue reading
The Giant’s Causeway: part 1
This is the first of two articles on the volcanicity of the Giant’s Causeway and the surrounding area. The Causeway itself is an area of basalt columns, about 100m or so across, jutting into the Irish Sea. A remnant of … Continue reading
Dinosaur evolution: Lumbering giants had agile ancestors
The best known sauropod dinosaurs were huge herbivorous creatures, whose brain structures were markedly different from those of their evolutionary predecessors, for the earliest representatives of the group were small, lithe carnivores. Paleontology News — ScienceDaily
Dinosaur evolution: Lumbering giants had agile ancestors
The best known sauropod dinosaurs were huge herbivorous creatures, whose brain structures were markedly different from those of their evolutionary predecessors, for the earliest representatives of the group were small, lithe carnivores. Strange & Offbeat: Fossils & Ruins News — … Continue reading
Whales only recently evolved into giants when changing ice, oceans concentrated prey
A team of scientists have traced the evolution of whale size through more than 30 million years of history and found that very large whales appeared along several branches of the family tree about 2 to 3 million years ago. … Continue reading
Ancient DNA shows perfect storm felled Ice Age giants
Giant Ice Age species including elephant-sized sloths and powerful sabre-toothed cats that once roamed the windswept plains of Patagonia, southern South America, were finally felled by a perfect storm of a rapidly warming climate and humans, a new study has … Continue reading
Ancient DNA shows perfect storm felled Ice Age giants
Giant Ice Age species including elephant-sized sloths and powerful sabre-toothed cats that once roamed the windswept plains of Patagonia, southern South America, were finally felled by a perfect storm of a rapidly warming climate and humans, a new study has … Continue reading