(PhysOrg.com) -- An international research team including University of Pennsylvania scientists has shown that the rate of sea-level rise along the U.S. Atlantic coast is greater now than at any time in the past 2,000 years ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 20, 2011
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(AP) -- With a dental pick in hand, Karin Rice delicately scraped off a clump of asphalt from a pelvic bone belonging to a horse that roamed Los Angeles tens of thousands of years ago.
Paleontology & Fossils
Mar 9, 2011
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They had rows of sharp, interlocking conical teeth that, while not affixed to a jaw like we know, would rake prey into their mouths kind of like the creature in the movie "Alien."
Paleontology & Fossils
Oct 29, 2010
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The analysis of microfossils found in ocean sediment cores is illuminating the environmental conditions that prevailed at high latitudes during a critical period of Earth history.
Earth Sciences
Dec 15, 2009
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They haven't yet figured out how to draw blood from stones, but a group of French researchers is offering new insight that could change how scientists search for signs of life in Martian rocks.
Space Exploration
Oct 1, 2009
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The Micropalaeontology team at the Department of Stratigraphy and Palaeontology at the University of the Basque Country (Spain) is working on the study of microfossils under the direction of Mr Julio Rodríguez Lázaro. ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 23, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The party was over more than 4,000 years ago, but the remnants still remain in the gourds and squashes that served as dishware. For the first time, University of Missouri researchers have studied the residues ...
Archaeology
Jul 21, 2009
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New fossil findings discovered by scientists at UC Santa Barbara challenge prevailing views about the effects of "Snowball Earth" glaciations on life, according to an article in the June issue of the journal Nature Geoscience.
Earth Sciences
May 26, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) drillship JOIDES Resolution is returning to port in Honolulu this week after a two-month voyage to chart detailed climate history in the equatorial Pacific Ocean. ...
Earth Sciences
May 1, 2009
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