Tag: Climate & the Environment
January 16, 2019
Ice Age Climate Caused Sediment Sourcing 180 in Gulf of Mexico
The onset of the most recent ice age about 2.6 million years ago changed where the western Gulf of Mexico gets its supply of sediments….
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Indian Ocean May Be More Disruptive to Tropical Climate Than Previously Believed
The Indian Ocean played a far greater role in driving climate change during the most recent ice age than previously believed and may disrupt climate…
Read MoreOctober 31, 2018
Giant Flightless Birds Were Nocturnal and Possibly Blind
If you encountered an elephant bird today, it would be hard to miss. Measuring in at over 10 feet tall, the extinct avian is the…
Read MoreOctober 10, 2018
Newly Described Fossils Could Help Reveal Why Some Dinos Got So Big
By the time non-avian dinosaurs went extinct, plant-eating sauropods like the Brontosaurus had grown to gargantuan proportions. Weighing in as much as 100 tons, the…
Read MoreSeptember 24, 2018
Birds Reinvent Voice Box in Novel Evolutionary Twist
Birds tote around two vocal organs inside their bodies, but only one works. New interdisciplinary research suggests that this distinctly avian anatomy arose because birds,…
Read MoreAugust 29, 2018
Mammal Forerunner that Reproduced Like a Reptile Sheds Light on Brain Evolution
Compared with the rest of the animal kingdom, mammals have the biggest brains and produce some of the smallest litters of offspring. A newly described…
Read MoreJune 20, 2018
T. Rex Couldn’t Stick Out Its Tongue, New Research Shows
Dinosaurs are often depicted as fierce creatures, baring their teeth, with tongues wildly stretching from their mouths like giant, deranged lizards. But new research reveals…
Read MoreMay 30, 2018
Life Recovered Rapidly at Impact Site of Dino-Killing Asteroid
About 66 million years ago, an asteroid smashed into Earth, triggering a mass extinction that ended the reign of the dinosaurs and snuffed out 75…
Read MoreJanuary 18, 2018
New ‘Rainbow’ Dinosaur May Have Sparkled Like a Hummingbird
A new dinosaur discovered in China had feathers that may have glittered with the colors of the rainbow. Based on its stunningly preserved remains, scientists…
Read MoreDecember 14, 2017
Global Sea Levels Could Rise ‘Up To Five Metres’ If Certain Antarctic Ice Sheets Melt
An Antarctic ice sheet found to be less resistant to warming temperatures than previously thought could raise sea levels by as much as five metres if it…
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Are the cat fossils from ocelots, margays, or something more mysterious?
After recovering small cat fossils from Natural Bridge Caverns doctoral student John Moretti is closing in on answers... #FossilFriday
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