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Paleontologist Dean Lomax with the fossilized ichthyosaur. (Matthew Power Photography/Anglian Water)
Fossils

The World’s Largest Sea Dragon Unearthed in The UK

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Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (NHM) Dinosaur Institute volunteer Viji Shook lying next to the skull of Cymbospondylus youngorum for scale, during the preparation of the specimen. Photo by Martin Sander, courtesy of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (NHM).
Fossils

Earth’s first known giant creature

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Methane

Can diamonds originate methane?

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Igánâq, Greenland: view to the southwest from the Igánâq summit (~540m) towards Tunulliarfik and the snowy peaks of Ilímaussaq. Credit: University of St Andrews
Mineral Researches

New tools to unearth rare metals

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Vectiraptor greeni, a new fierce predatory dinosaur from the Isle of Wight. Image credit: Megan Jacobs
Fossils

An ancient relative of Velociraptor is unearthed in Great Britain

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Original artwork from scientific illustrator Emiliano Troco depicting a Brontosaurus (likely the most famous sauropod dinosaur) acting as an ecosystem engineer in a warm and vegetated landscape not dissimilar to modern-day savannah type biomes.
Dinosaur

Sauropod dinosaurs were restricted to warmer regions of Earth

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The aftermath of a 2010 tsunami in Chile, which was analyzed in a new study in JGR Solid Earth. Earlier warnings made possible by the study of tsunami-generated magnetic fields could better prepare coastal areas for impending disasters. Credit: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
tsunami

Tsunamis’ magnetic fields are detectable before sea level change

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On September 29, 2009, a tsunami caused substantial damage and loss of life in American Samoa, Samoa, and Tonga. The tsunami was generated by a large earthquake in the Southern Pacific Ocean. Credit: NOAA
Earthquake

Earthquake depth impacts potential tsunami threat

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Stick-slip events in the earth cause damage like this, but limited data from these relatively rare earthquakes makes them difficult to model with machine learning. Transfer learning may provide a path to understanding when such deep faults slip. Credit: Dreamstime
Earthquake

Using sparse data to predict lab earthquakes

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The asteroid belt between Jupiter and Mars is the main source of extraterrestrial material that lands on Earth. (Illustration: ESA/ATG Medialab)
Meteorites

Size doesn’t matter: Rock composition determines how deadly a meteorite impact...

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