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Planet Earth: Avoiding The Hothouse And The Icehouse Of The Future
February 11, 2009 — By controlling emissions of fossil fuels we may be able to greatly delay the start of the next ice age, new research concludes. From an Earth history perspective, we are living in cold times. The ... > full story -
Dramatic Rise In Sea Level And Its Broad Ramifications Uncovered
February 9, 2009 — Scientists have found proof in Bermuda that the planet's sea level was once more than 70 feet higher about 400,000 years ago than it is now. This had grave ramifications for the biodiversity on the ... > full story -
Big Year For Darwin, But What Would He Make Of The Climate Change Ahead?
February 2, 2009 — Charles Darwin may have been born 200 years ago come Feb. 12, but his theory of evolution remains an everyday touchstone for modern biologists. And while the Origin of Species author might not have ... > full story -
Ancient Turtle Migrated From Asia To America Over Tropical Arctic
February 1, 2009 — In Arctic Canada, geologists have discovered a surprise fossil: a tropical, freshwater, Asian turtle. The find strongly suggests that animals migrated from Asia to North America not around Alaska, as ... > full story -
Mountain Caribou's Ancient Ancestry Revealed
January 28, 2009 — The declining mountain caribou populations of Canada's southern Rockies are a more distinct breed than scientists previously believed, according to a new study that discovered the mountain herbivores ... > full story -
12,900 Years Ago: North American Comet Impact Theory Disproved
January 26, 2009 — New data disproves the recent theory that a large comet exploded over North America 12,900 years ago, causing a shock wave that traveled across North America at hundreds of kilometers per hour and ... > full story -
Danube Delta Holds Answers To 'Noah's Flood' Debate
January 23, 2009 — Did a catastrophic flood of biblical proportions drown the shores of the Black Sea 9,500 years ago, wiping out early Neolithic settlements around its perimeter? A geologist says that, if the flood ... > full story -
Texas State Dinosaur Facing Name Change: Case Of Mistaken Dino-Identity
January 13, 2009 — A Texas legislator is seeking a name change for the official state dinosaur, after master's level research at Southern Methodist University revealed the titleholder was misidentified. The Texas State ... > full story -
Catastrophic Coincidence: Second Ever Example Of Contemporaneous Meteorite Impact And Flood Volcanism Discovered
January 7, 2009 — Scientists have discovered only the second example of a meteorite impact that occurred at the same time as massive volcanic activity. The first time such a coincidence was observed, at the ... > full story -
Bacteria In Ice May Record Climate Change
December 31, 2008 — Scientists in China report that small bugs deposited in ice and snow might tell how our climate has been ... > full story
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