News tagged with neoproterozoic period

Explosive growth of life on Earth fueled by early greening of planet

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Jul 08, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (10) | 1

Earth's 4.5-billion-year history is filled with several turning points when temperatures changed dramatically, asteroids bombarded the planet and life forms came and disappeared. But one of the biggest moments ...

Study heats up 'snowball Earth' debate

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Apr 01, 2008 | 4.1 / 5 (15) | 0

Research by University Professor Richard Peltier of physics reveals that the Earth’s surface 700 million years ago may have been warmer than previously thought.

Research shows Earth's earliest animal ecosystem was complex and included sexual reproduction

Biology /

Mar 20, 2008 | 4.6 / 5 (18) | 1

Two paleontologists studying ancient fossils they excavated in the South Australian outback argue that Earth’s ecosystem has been complex for hundreds of millions of years – at least since around 565 million ...

Microfossils challenge prevailing views of the effects of 'Snowball Earth' glaciations on life

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

May 26, 2009 | 4.1 / 5 (15) | 26

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 ...

New evidence puts 'Snowball Earth' theory out in the cold

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Mar 23, 2007 | 4.4 / 5 (41) | 0

The theory that Earth once underwent a prolonged time of extreme global freezing has been dealt a blow by new evidence that periods of warmth occurred during this so-called 'Snowball Earth' era.

Embryo Fossils Reveal Animal Complexity 10 Million Years Before Cambrian Explosion

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

Oct 12, 2006 | 4.3 / 5 (29) | 0

Fossilized embryos predating the Cambrian Explosion by 10 million years provide evidence that early animals had already begun to adopt some of the structures and processes seen in today's embryos, say researchers from Indiana ...

German high-school students involved in an astronomical research project

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Nov 05, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

This week, Astronomy & Astrophysics publishes a somewhat unusual research article because it is co-authored by German high-school students. Led by astronomer Klaus Beuermann (University of Göttingen, Germany), the team i ...

Cave study links climate change to California droughts

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Nov 10, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (6) | 0

California experienced centuries-long droughts in the past 20,000 years that coincided with the thawing of ice caps in the Arctic, according to a new study by UC Davis doctoral student Jessica Oster and geology professor ...

Past climate of the northern Antarctic Peninsular informs global warming debate

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Nov 06, 2009 | 2.8 / 5 (9) | 1

The seriousness of current global warming is underlined by a reconstruction of climate at Maxwell Bay in the South Shetland Islands of the Antarctic Peninsula over approximately the last 14,000 years, which ...

Big freeze plunged Europe into ice age in months

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

18 hours ago | 4.5 / 5 (11) | 3

In the film, 'The Day After Tomorrow' the world enters the icy grip of a new glacial period within the space of just a few weeks. Now new research shows that this scenario may not be so far from the truth after all.

Remains of Minoan-style painting discovered during excavations of Canaanite palace

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

Nov 09, 2009 | 3.5 / 5 (6) | 0

The remains of a Minoan-style wall painting, recognizable by a blue background, the first of its kind to be found in Israel, was discovered in the course of the recent excavation season at Tel Kabri. This fresco joins others ...

List of search results for neoproterozoic period