3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (643+ words) Sedimentation is more important than other factors in the 'time averaging' of marine fossils The investigators analysed more than 7,500 fossils, which were collected from a variety of oceanic environments around the world ANSTO has contributed to a large international study…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (905+ words) Mirage News The Hammerschmiede clay pit near Pforzen in the eastern Allgäu is famous for its wealth of finds: beside fossils of two early anthropoid apes, the remains of numerous species of vertebrates have been uncovered there from 11.6 million years…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (221+ words) The IAEA houses one of the world's leading isotope hydrology laboratories at its Vienna headquarters, where scientists generate and curate the data behind global monitoring networks such as the Global Network of Isotopes in Precipitation, helping Member States assess and…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (928+ words) An international team of scientists featuring faculty at Binghamton University has recreated a 1,000-year timeline documenting the ecological changes and human impact to the area surrounding Crawford Lake, the famed location of the proposed Anthropocene. By analyzing sedimentary ancient DNA…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (546+ words) New research has revealed ancient builders deliberately transported enormous 25-tonne stones across at least 18 kilometres (11 miles) to build Britain's tallest surviving prehistoric stone row – the iconic Devil's Arrows. The Curtin University-led study, in collaboration with the University of York, UK,…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (443+ words) miragenews.com Scientists have been awarded funding to investigate the role of tropical wetlands as major nitrous oxide sources and understand how they may respond to future climate change. Researchers from the University of Nottingham's School of Biosciences have been…...

1+ week, 9+ hour ago   (799+ words) The important role ships play gathering scientific data in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean have has been outlined at a leading Antarctic science conference in Hobart. The biennial Australian Antarctic Research Conference was held at the University of Tasmania and…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (282+ words) "It's very hard to imagine a prehistoric species we've never seen without comparing it to something we know," says Molly Cassatt-Johnstone, the paper's first author from the University of California, Santa Cruz. "But this approach can limit our understanding of…...