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'Cold Snap' 116 Million Years Ago Triggered Marine Ecosystem Crisis
A "cold snap" 116 million
years ago triggered a
similar marine ecosystem
crisis to the ones witnessed
in the past as a result of
... > full story
Study of Oceans' Past Raises Worries About Their Future
Scientists have now
completed the first global
study of changes that
occurred in a crucial
component of ocean
chemistry, the nitrogen
... > full story
When Will the Next Megathrust Hit the West Coast of North America?
A new study presents our
first glimpse back in
geologic time of the
recurrence interval of large
and megathrust earthquakes
... > full story
New Theory Proposes Solution to Long-Running Debate as to How Stable the Earth System Is
Researchers have proposed an
answer to the long-running
debate as to how stable the
Earth system is. Earth, with
its core-driven magnetic fi ... > full story
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Irish Chronicles Reveal Links Between Cold Weather and Volcanic Eruptions
June 5, 2013 — Medieval chronicles have given researchers a glimpse into the past to assess how historical volcanic eruptions affected the weather in Ireland up to 1500 years ago. Researchers have successfully ... > full story -
Ancient Trapped Water Explains Earth's First Ice Age
June 5, 2013 — Tiny bubbles of water found in quartz grains in Australia may hold the key to understanding what caused the Earth's first ice age, say ... > full story -
'Lizard King' Fossil Shows Giant Reptiles Coexisted With Mammals During Globally Warm Past
June 5, 2013 — At nearly six feet long and weighing upwards of 60 pounds, "Morrison's Bearded King" provides new clues on the evolution of plant-eating reptiles and their relationship to global climate and with ... > full story -
Acceleration of Ocean Denitrification During Deglaciation Documented
June 3, 2013 — As ice sheets melted during the deglaciation of the last ice age and global oceans warmed, oceanic oxygen levels decreased and "denitrification" accelerated by 30 to 120 percent, a new international ... > full story -
Subfossil Forest Discovered at Building Site in Zurich
May 29, 2013 — The fact that many finds have happened by chance was demonstrated again recently in Zurich. A dendrochronologist was just having a look at a building site when he noticed a few tree stumps on the ... > full story -
Historic Sea-Level Change Along New Jersey Coastline Mapped
May 28, 2013 — A new study relied upon fossil records of marshland to reconstruct the changes in sea level along the New Jersey coast going back 10,000 ... > full story -
Century-Old Ocean Data Provides Further Confirmation of Global Warming
May 28, 2013 — A new NASA and university analysis of ocean data collected more than 135 years ago by the crew of the HMS Challenger oceanographic expedition provides further confirmation that human activities have ... > full story -
Antarctic Polar Icecap Is 33.6 Million Years Old, Researchers Show
May 27, 2013 — Seasonal primary productivity of plankton communities appeared with the first ice. This phenomenon, still active today, influences global food webs. These findings are based on fossil records in ... > full story -
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Understanding the Past and Predicting the Future by Looking Across Space and Time
May 25, 2013 — Scientists have validated a fundamental assumption at the very heart of a popular way to predict relationships between complex ... > full story -
Origins of Human Culture Linked to Rapid Climate Change
May 21, 2013 — Rapid climate change during the Middle Stone Age, between 80,000 and 40,000 years ago, sparked surges in cultural innovation in early modern human populations, according to new ... > full storyMore:
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