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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: -
The Mammoth's Lament: How Cosmic Impact Sparked Devastating Climate Change
May 20, 2013 — Researchers have found evidence of a major cosmic event near the end of the Ice Age. The ensuing climate change forced many species to adapt or ... > full story -
Reading Rock to Understand How Climate Change Unfolds
May 18, 2013 — Geologists reads rock, looking for the natural rules that govern the Earth’s climate in the absence of human activity. New work is challenging many assumptions about the ways drastic climate ... > full story -
Research Helps Paint Finer Picture of Massive 1700 Earthquake
May 14, 2013 — In 1700, a massive earthquake struck the west coast of North America, but a lack of local documentation has made studying this historic event challenging. Now, researchers have helped unlock this ... > full story -
Ice-Free Arctic May Be in Our Future, International Researchers Say
May 9, 2013 — Analyses of the longest continental sediment core ever collected in the Arctic provide "absolutely new knowledge" of Arctic climate from 2.2 to 3.6 million years ago. The research has major ... > full story -
First Biological Evidence of a Supernova
May 8, 2013 — In fossil remnants of bacteria, researchers have found a radioactive iron isotope that they trace back to a supernova in our cosmic neighborhood. This is the first proven biological signature of a ... > full story -
Climate Change, Not Human Activity, Led to Megafauna Extinction
May 6, 2013 — Most species of gigantic animals that once roamed Australia had disappeared by the time people arrived, a major review of the available evidence has concluded. The research challenges the claim that ... > full story -
Elucidating Environmental History With 100 Million Laser Beams
April 29, 2013 — By combining high-resolution surface data obtained from laser scanning with subsurface geodata, scientists have succeeded for the first time in providing a full picture of so-called karst depressions ... > full story
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