News tagged with geologic record
How will future sea-level rise linked to climate change affect coastal areas?
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 05, 2009 |
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The anticipated sea-level rise associated with climate change, including increased storminess, over the next 100 years and the impact on the nation's low-lying coastal infrastructure is the focus of a new, ...
Geologic Findings Undermine Theories of Permian Mass Extinction Timing
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- New scientific findings by geologist Robert Gastaldo of Colby College in Waterville, Maine, and colleagues call into question popular theories about the largest mass extinction in Earth's ...
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Ancient geologic escape hatches mistaken for tube worms
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Feb 04, 2009 |
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Tubeworms have been around for millions of years and the fossil record is rich with their distinctive imprints. But a discovery made by U of C scientists found that what previous researchers had labeled as tubeworms in a ...
Volcanic Activity Key to Oxygen-rich Atmosphere
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 29, 2007 |
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Next time you catch a breath, be thankful, for a change, that the Earth's surface is dotted with volcanoes.
Boston Hurricane Frequency Over Last Millennium Linked To Ocean Surface Temperatures
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Aug 01, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The frequency of hurricanes striking the Boston area has varied widely over the last millennium, with periods of lowest activity corresponding to cooler surface temperatures in the tropical North Atlantic ...
Scientists say that microbial mats built 3.4-billion-year-old stromatolites
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 16, 2009 |
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Stromatolites are dome- or column-like sedimentary rock structures that are formed in shallow water, layer by layer, over long periods of geologic time. Now, researchers from the California Institute of Technology ...
World's first geologic map is displayed
Oct 07, 2005 |
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The world's first geologic map -- an 1815, hand-tinted, 10-feet-by-6-feet chart -- has gone on display at the Buffalo and Erie County (N.Y.) Public Library.
Hot springs microbes hold key to dating sedimentary rocks, researchers say
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Jan 22, 2008 |
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Scientists studying microbial communities and the growth of sedimentary rock at Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park have made a surprising discovery about the geological record of life and the environment.
Scientists using Second Life island to help high school students learn earth science
Apr 16, 2009 |
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A mysterious island that moves through time. Travelers in search of answers. It sounds something like the science fiction television show "Lost," but it also describes a new approach to teaching earth sciences ...
Mass extinctions and the marine record
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Jul 30, 2007 |
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Mass extinctions have long captured the imagination of scientists and non-scientists alike. A new volume published by the Geological Society of America includes some of the best evidence of the relationship between major ...
New approach helps expand study of living fossils
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Nov 17, 2006 |
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The origin of life lies in unique ocean reefs, and scientists from the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science have developed an approach to help investigate them better.
Andes Mountains Are Older Than Previously Believed
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May 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The geologic faults responsible for the rise of the eastern Andes mountains in Colombia became active 25 million years ago—18 million years before the previously accepted start date for the ...
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