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fossils & paleontology

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Repeated Coseismic Uplift Above the Patton Bay Splay Fault, Alaska

by Daniel Melnick 30 May 20243 June 2024

Stratigraphic and diatom analyses suggest ruptures of the Patton Bay splay fault occurred together with half of the documented great Alaskan megathrust earthquakes during the past 4,200 years.

Um modelo de fóssil de dinossauro completo pendurado por cabos
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A Exportação Ilegal de Fósseis É Mais do que um Irritante para o Sul Global

by Sofia Moutinho 15 April 202415 April 2024

Mais de 2 mil pesquisadores assinaram carta aberta solicitando a repatriação do fóssil de um dinossauro para o Brasil. Alguns dizem que o caso destaca um padrão de colonialismo científico na paleontologia.

A ring of yellow light in an otherwise black sky.
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The End of the Eclipse

Damond Benningfield, Science Writer by Damond Benningfield 26 March 202412 February 2025

Scientists are studying how the Earth–Moon distance has changed over time, and what effect that change might have had on our planet. Future changes will extinguish total solar eclipses entirely.

Stacked sedimentary rock layers of different thicknesses make up a turbidite bed.
Posted inScience Updates

Submarine Avalanche Deposits Hold Clues to Past Earthquakes

by Valerie Sahakian, Debi Kilb, Joan Gomberg, Nora Nieminski and Jake Covault 18 March 202418 March 2024

Scientists are making progress on illuminating how undersea sedimentary deposits called turbidites form and on reconstructing the complex histories they record. But it’s not an easy task.

Two people stand in an area covered in rock mounds, with puddled water in the foreground and a low rocky hill in the background. The image is annotated with a date, location, and blue and green lines identifying, respectively, several of the mounds and three elevations on the hill.
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Snapping Science in the Field

by Sabrina Kainz and Andrea Halling 11 March 202423 May 2024

Snapchat, the multimedia messaging app, offers a range of features that make it an unexpectedly useful tool for geoscientists on the go.

A creek with tufts of grass growing in it winds through a rocky landscape
Posted inNews

Water Corridors Helped Homo sapiens Disperse out of Africa

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 2 November 20232 November 2023

Wetland conditions during the last interglacial period in parts of the Levant helped propel our ancestors into Arabia, new research suggests.

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Ultra-High-Resolution Age Model in Clams Yields Daily Paleo-Data

by Branwen Williams 18 October 202317 October 2023

Using geochemical techniques, scientists identify daily cycles in fossilized giant clams, which permits climate reconstructions at the weather timescale.

Un modelo de fósil de dinosaurio completo colgado de cable
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La exportación ilegal de fósiles es más que un Irritator para el Sur Global

by Sofia Moutinho 11 October 202311 October 2023

Más de 2,000 investigadores han firmado una carta abierta solicitando la repatriación del fósil de dinosaurio a Brasil. Algunos afirman que el caso pone de manifiesto un modelo de colonialismo científico en la paleontología.

A reef teems with life in shallow water.
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Shifts in Tectonic Plates Change Biodiversity

by Danielle Beurteaux 19 September 202319 September 2023

A 36-million-year cycle of marine biodiversity booms and busts matches the movements of plate tectonics, linking what happens deep below the ocean to what’s happening in it.

A model of a complete dinosaur fossil hung by cables
Posted inNews

Illegal Fossil Export Is More Than an Irritator to the Global South

by Sofia Moutinho 14 September 202317 April 2024

More than 2,000 researchers have signed an open letter requesting the repatriation of a dinosaur fossil to Brazil. Some say the case highlights a pattern of scientific colonialism in paleontology.

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