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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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Life reconstruction of a close-to-hatching oviraptorosaur dinosaur embryo, based on the new specimen “Baby Yingliang.” Credit: Lida Xing
Dinosaur

Exquisitely preserved embryo found inside fossilized dinosaur egg

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germinating fossil pine cone
Fossils

A first in fossil research: Seeds sprouting from an amber-encased pine...

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“In the shallows near shore, Tetrapodophis amplectus glides through a tangle of branches from the conifer Duartenia araripensis that have fallen into the water, sharing this habitat with a water bug in the family Belostomatidae and small fish (Dastilbe sp.).” Image credit: Julius Csotonyi
Fossils

Paleontologists debunk fossil thought to be missing link between lizards and...

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Map showing the Great Basin drainage basin as defined hydrologically. (Image credit: Kmusser/Wikimedia Commons)
Volcanoes

Sierra Nevada range should celebrate two birthdays

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A ruptured fault in Searles Valley, California, after the 2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes. A study of earthquakes led by The University of Texas at Austin found that seismic shockwaves are shaped by jagged faults and the debris wedged between them. Credit: Ben Brooks/USGS
Earthquake

Seismic shockwave pattern may be redirecting earthquake damage

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A lab-grown crystal of a synthetic form of the rare earth mineral, monazite, shows extensive damage to one face after exposure to bio-leaching compound generated by Gluconobacter oxydans. Credit: Credit: Brian Balta/Provided
Paleontology

Bacteria may be key to sustainably extracting earth elements for tech

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Meteorites

Scientist reveals cause of lost magnetism at meteorite site

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Copper-rich minerals indicating widespread volcanic activity at the end-Permian mass extinction in different regions in southern China (A: Taoshujing locality; B: Lubei locality; C: Guanbachong; D: Taoshujing locality; E: Longmendong locality). The minerals are all copper sulfides, mostly Malachite--the minerals' green patches. Photo credit: H. Zhang, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology.
Volcanoes

‘Volcanic winter’ likely contributed to ecological catastrophe 250 million years ago

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Living reconstruction of Issi saaneq / Photo: Victor Beccari
Dinosaur

‘Cold bone’: Researchers discover first dinosaur species that lived on Greenland...

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Woolly mammoth illustration Mauricio Antón © 2008 Public Library of Science
Fossils

Humans hastened the extinction of the woolly mammoth

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