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World’s Largest Volcanic Range May Lurk Beneath Antarctic Ice
Telefon Bay West Antarctica’s vast ice sheet conceals what may be the largest volcanic region on earth, research has revealed. The continent’s ice covers almost 100 newly discovered volcanoes, the largest of which is as tall as the Eiger in … Continue reading
Abrupt climate transition of icy worlds from snowball to moist or runaway greenhouse
Nature Geoscience 10, 556 (2017). doi:10.1038/ngeo2994 Authors: Jun Yang, Feng Ding, Ramses M. Ramirez, W. R. Peltier, Yongyun Hu & Yonggang Liu Nature Geoscience – Issue – nature.com science feeds
What Caused the World’s Greatest Extinction?
A quarter of a billion years ago, long before dinosaurs or mammals evolved, the 10-foot (0.3-meter) predator Dinogorgon, whose skull is shown here, hunted floodplains in the heart of today’s South Africa. In less than a million years Dinogorgon vanished … Continue reading
What caused the world’s greatest extinction?
Researcher offers new clues to what may have triggered the world’s most catastrophic extinction, nearly 252 million years ago. Geology News — ScienceDaily
World’s Second Largest Rough Diamond Too Big to Sell
Lesedi la Rona is the largest diamond discovered in more than a century, and the second-biggest ever found. A Canadian diamond-mining company may be forced to cut its prize diamond after failing to find a buyer at Sotheby’s last summer, … Continue reading
The World’s Largest Aquamarine Gem
The Dom Pedro aquamarine obelisk by gem sculptor Bernd Munsteiner The Dom Pedro aquamarine is the world’s largest cut aquamarine gem. It was cut from a crystal originally weighing approximately 100 pounds (45 kg) and measuring more than 3 feet … Continue reading
World’s Oldest Fossilized Mushroom Sprouted 115 Million Years Ago
Image: Sam Heads Sam Heads and his team had just received a donation of fossil insects at the Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. But when they started going through it, Heads realized that one of the fossils … Continue reading
World’s ‘first named dinosaur’ reveals new teeth with scanning tech
Pioneering technology has shed fresh light on the world’s first scientifically-described dinosaur fossil — over 200 years after it was first discovered — thanks to research. Paleontology News — ScienceDaily
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World’s Only Fossils of T. Rex Skin Suggest It Was Covered in Scales—not Feathers
This fossilized skin comes from the neck of a Tyrannosaurus rex. In a surprise win for Jurassic World fans, fossil skin samples suggest that several tyrannosaurs were scaly rather than feathered. Tyrannosaurus rex was an odd animal, a predator with … Continue reading
World’s oldest fossil mushroom found
Roughly 115 million years ago, when the ancient supercontinent Gondwana was breaking apart, a mushroom fell into a river and began an improbable journey. Its ultimate fate as a mineralized fossil preserved in limestone in northeast Brazil makes it a … Continue reading