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Wednesday, 10 May 2017
The Ankylosauria is a group of herbivorous, quadrupedal, armoured dinosaurs subdivided in two major clades, the Ankylosauridae and the Nodosauridae. Zuul crurivastator, from the Coal Ridge Member of the Judith River Formation of northern Montana, is the most complete ankylosaurid ever found in North America. The generic name refers to Zuul the Gatekeeper of Gozer (from the […]
The organisers of the PATA Days 2017 in New Zealand have provided details on the planned field trips. There will be a 1-day field trip at the start of meeting, and an optional 3-day post-meeting field trip. Some of the field trip details are not yet finalised because we don’t know the state of road access to some areas impacted by the Kaikoura earthquake. They will post a final itinerary in early November. Have a look at the programme
On Monday Governor Inslee signed SB 5470, which the legislature unanimously passed to streamline Department of Natural Resources (DNR) permitting for drilling core holes used to gather geothermal data. [...]
This footage from the reentry cam shows a shrimp cruising around at the bottom of the ocean - the shrimp’s body needs to sustain an immense pressure of [...]
In September 2015 a barrage of publicity announced the remarkable unearthing of the remains of 15 diminutive hominins, dubbed Homo nadeli, from the floor sediments of an almost inaccessible South African cave, [...]
Wednesday, May 31, 2017 – 6:30pm to 8:00pm Volcanic eruptions pose an increasing threat to human lives and infrastructure in today’s rapidly globalizing world, leading to a need for more-sensitive and [...]
Os adjuntamos información de las actividades próximas del Geoparque Sobrabe-Pirineos, todas ellas muy atractivas y para todas las posibilidades. 2017 es un año especial para el Geoparque [...]
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The effects of climate change are being felt all over the world but towns and cities are feeling most hot-under-the collar, a new study finds. Cities are usually warmer than their surroundings due to the urban [...]
This image is of a Phacops downingiae (Murchison) trilobite fossil from the Silurian Period. Found in the Dudley England. Displayed at the Muséum National D'Historie Paris as of August
On Monday a significant rockslide on the flanks of Geiranger Fjord in Norway was captured on a video now posted to
If I were to ask you to pick an object or image that represents your culture, what would you pick? Despite the way it sounds, this is not an internet quiz, but an anthropological question: how do you [...]
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One of the great things about the JOIDES Resolution is the people who come together to make these expeditions happen to answer the big questions about how [...]
People living in the American Southwest have experienced a dramatic increase in windblown dust storms in the last two decades, likely driven by large-scale changes in sea surface temperature in the Pacific [...]
Vienna: One of the most culturally rich and diverse capital cities in the world and home to this years’ European Geosciences Union (EGU) annual meeting. I was fortunate enough to attend this meeting during [...]
On Wednesday 3rd May the Geological Society hosted the National Schools Geology Challenge and Early Career Geologist Award Finals at Burlington House. A total of seven different school teams and six early [...]
Durante el XV Encuentro de Jóvenes Investigadores en Paleontología, que en esta ocasión se celebró en la localidad portuguesa de Pombal, Ane de Celis presentó una nueva filogenia calibrada de pinnípedos. [...]
- Lo siento, no se admiten aves –dijo el encargado del registro dejando reposar la pluma en el tintero.
- ¿Te parece un pájaro mi amigo? –dijo en tono amezante Gustavo, apoyando un ala sobre el libro [...]
The Foreknobs Formation is a Devonian unit in the Valley & Ridge province of the Mid-Atlantic Region. It was deposited in relatively shallow near-shore conditions during the Acadian Orogeny. On a field [...]
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