Tag Archives: offers
City geophone array presents new have a look at northern Los Angeles basin
Utilizing an array of coffee-can sized geophones deployed for a few month in backyards, golf programs and public parks, researchers collected sufficient information to permit them to map the depth and form of the San Gabriel and San Bernardino sedimentary … Continue reading
Discovery about rare nitrogen molecules offers clues to makeup of life-supporting planets
A new study on atmospheric nitrogen provides a clue about what geochemical signatures of other planets might look like, especially if they are capable of supporting life as we know it. Geology News — ScienceDaily
Posted in Geology
Tagged about, discovery, lifesupporting, makeup, molecules, offers, planets
Leave a comment
Rock exposed in World War I trenches offers new fossil find
An unusual fossil find is giving scientists new ideas about how some of the earliest animals on Earth came to dominate the world’s oceans. Paleontology News — ScienceDaily
500-million yr-previous species provides insights into the lives of historic legged worms
A new species of lobopodian, a worm-like animal with mushy legs from the Cambrian interval (541 to 485 million years in the past), has been described for the primary time from fossils discovered within the Burgess Shale within the Canadian … Continue reading
Ice Age ‘skeleton crew’ offers insights for today’s endangered species
The ghosts of Ice Age mammals can teach valuable, real-world lessons about what happens to an ecosystem when its most distinct species go extinct, according to a new study. Paleontology News — ScienceDaily
Amber specimen offers rare glimpse of feathered dinosaur tail
Researchers have discovered a dinosaur tail complete with its feathers trapped in a piece of amber. The finding helps fill in details of the dinosaurs’ feather structure and evolution. Paleontology News — ScienceDaily
World’s oldest rock offers insights into early continental crust formation
University of Alberta scientist Jesse Reimink points to the dark bands in the which make up the oldest part of the rock in this handout image. Addressing fundamental unknowns about the earliest history of Earth’s crust, scientists have precisely dated … Continue reading
Optical approach offers faster, less expensive method for carbon dating
Researchers have demonstrated a new compact spectroscopic instrument that offers a highly sensitive optical method for detecting radiocarbon dioxide concentration, which can be used to carbon date fossils and archaeological artifacts. Paleontology News — ScienceDaily
Twitter is 8 years old and offers first ‘tweet’
PThe first tweet that you’ll never forget: could be the motto of the initiative of Twitter for his eighth birthday: the first 140 characters Twitter was sent on March 21, 2006, but the microblog was launched in July of the … Continue reading
Berlusconi offers olive branch to Alfano
IMG class=hide alt=”Berlusconi offers olive branch to Alfano” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wpid-02e8c70c099cd8efcc3785f55046acb51.jpg” (ANSA) – Arborea, February 14 – Silvio Berlusconi on Friday offered an olive branch to his former-hier-apparent, Deputy Premier and Interior Minister Angelino Alfano, and pointed out that he was the … Continue reading