News tagged with polar dinosaurs
Arctic climate under greenhouse conditions in the Late Cretaceous
New evidence for ice-free summers with intermittent winter sea ice in the Arctic Ocean during the Late Cretaceous - a period of greenhouse conditions - gives a glimpse of how the Arctic is likely to respond ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 09, 2009 |
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Evidence of the 'Lost World' -- did dinosaurs survive the end Cretaceous extinctions?
The Lost World, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's account of an isolated community of dinosaurs that survived the catastrophic extinction event 65 million years ago, has no less appeal now than it did when it was written a century ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Apr 28, 2009 |
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Putin receives 'prehistoric' water from Antarctic lake
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was given a water sample Friday taken from a pristine lake hidden under Antarctic ice for over a million years, after Russian scientists drilled down to its surface.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 10, 2012 |
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New research casts doubt on the late heavy bombardment
Was the early solar system bombarded with lots of big impacts? This is a question that has puzzled scientists for over 35 years. And it’s not just an academic one. We know from rocks on Earth that life ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 06, 2012 |
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MSU lab manager shares microscopic images of dinosaur bones with growing audience
The thin slices of dinosaur bone that Ellen-Thérèse Lamm produces and the colorful photographs taken of these fossils under a Montana State University microscope continue to gain new audiences.
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Dec 05, 2011 |
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2012: Magnetic pole reversal happens all the (geologic) time
Scientists understand that Earth's magnetic field has flipped its polarity many times over the millennia. In other words, if you were alive about 800,000 years ago, and facing what we call north with a magnetic ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 30, 2011 |
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Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains enigma unraveled in East Antarctica
The birth of the Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains buried beneath the vast East Antarctic Ice Sheet – a puzzle mystifying scientists since their first discovery in 1958 – is finally solved. The remarkably ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 16, 2011 |
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New raptor dinosaur takes a licking keeps on ticking
Raptor dinosaurs like the iconic Velociraptor from the movie franchise Jurassic Park are renowned for their "fear-factor." Their terrifying image has been popularized in part because members of this group possess a greatly ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Sep 19, 2011 |
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Scientists discover first dinosaur trail in Victoria
Two sandstone blocks discovered by palaeontologists have provided the most extensive evidence of dinosaur footprints in Victoria. Found at Melanesia Beach, near Cape Otway, they represent 85 per cent of the ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Aug 10, 2011 |
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Polar dinosaur tracks open new trail to past
Paleontologists have discovered a group of more than 20 polar dinosaur tracks on the coast of Victoria, Australia, offering a rare glimpse into animal behavior during the last period of pronounced global warming, about 105 ...
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Aug 09, 2011 |
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New research sheds light on South Pole dinosaurs
Dog-sized dinosaurs that lived near the South Pole, sometimes in the dark for months at a time, had bone tissue very similar to dinosaurs that lived everywhere on the planet, according to a doctoral candidate at Montana State ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Aug 05, 2011 |
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How hot did Earth get in the past? Scientists uncover new information
The question seems simple enough: What happens to the Earth's temperature when atmospheric carbon dioxide levels increase? The answer is elusive. However, clues are hidden in the fossil record. A new study ...
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Jul 05, 2011 |
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