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There Were Billions of T-rexes, and 9 Other Things You Never Knew About Dinosaurs
lifehacker   24 November 2021   World  
Photo: Daniel Eskridge (Shutterstock)
<p>Dinosaurs have been extinct for over 65 million years, but scientists just can&rsquo;t let them rest in their colossal graves. Instead, they&rsquo;re digging up fossils, conducting research, and otherwise changing our understanding of dinosaur biology and ...
Weather helps form these 10 amazing geological sites
clickorlando.com   09 September 2021   World  
Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Getty Images - 2011 Athit Perawongmetha
<p>Weather: We see and live through the changes every day.<br />The state of the atmosphere at a place and time is weather. There&rsquo;s the heat and rain, which we are familiar with here in Florida as well as dryness, sunshine, wind and -- well, you get ...
Geology of Greece: How the Country’s Beautiful Landscape Formed
Greek Reporter   21 July 2021   Greece  
A stunningly unique phenomenon of geology in Greece: The Folded Marls near Agios Pavlos, on the island of Crete. Credit: Tony Cross.
<p>Greece and its geology are a wonder of nature, with the nation a paradise blessed with high mountains, blue seas and over six thousand islands. But it&rsquo;s all a big geological accident, the result of millions of years of violent earth movements on a ...
The Earth Has a Pulse: 27.5-Million-Year Cycle of Geological Activity Discovered
Sci Tech Daily   21 June 2021   World  
<p>Geologic activity on Earth appears to follow a 27.5-million-year cycle, giving the planet a &ldquo;pulse,&rdquo; according to a new study published in the journal Geoscience Frontiers.<br />&ldquo;Many geologists believe that geological events are random ...
Scientists confirm discovery of Australia's largest dinosaur, two stories tall and a basketball court long
CNN   08 June 2021   Australia   Queensland  
An artist's impression of Australotitan cooperensis, the largest known dinosaur discovered in Australia.
<p>A new species of dinosaur discovered in Australia has been confirmed as the largest ever found in the country, and one of the biggest in the world.<br />The fossilized skeleton, nicknamed "Cooper," was found in southwest Queensland in 2007, at Cooper Creek ...
New Video Shows Corinth Canal – Greece’s Suez – After Landslide
Greek Reporter   31 May 2021   Greece   Corinth  
Credit: You Tube/Upstories
<p>The Corinth Canal, one of the most important infrastructure works of modern Greece which completely revolutionized its maritime activity, has remained closed to maritime traffic since January 2021.<br />The Canal suffered damage due to landslides at that ...
A New Tool May Make Geological Microscopy Data More Accessible
EOS   27 May 2021   USA   Michigan  
Credit: Steiner and Rooney, 2021
<p>It all started with a problem many geoscientists faced in 2020.<br />Alex Steiner, a doctoral student at Michigan State University, had research to do working on thin sections&mdash;slivers of geological materials that are usually analyzed under a microscope. ...
Climate Change Is Erasing Humanity’s Oldest Art
WIRED   24 May 2021   Indonesia   Sulawesi island  
Photograph: Putu Artana/Alamy
<p>The limestone caves and rock shelters of Indonesia's southern Sulawesi island hold the oldest traces of human art and storytelling, dating back more than 40,000 years. Paintings adorn the walls of at least 300 sites in the karst hills of Maros-Pangkep, ...
Amateur fossil hunter discovers 84-million-year-old fossilized turtle on Vancouver Island
Derek Larson/The Canadian Press
<p>Russell Ball was taking one of his usual walks along Vancouver Island&rsquo;s Puntledge River on a cool, grey day in January when he noticed something out of the ordinary.<br />As he knelt down and began chipping away around the patch of brown, he felt ...
Why the China Mars rover’s landing site has geologists excited
Nature.com   18 May 2021   China  
China’s Mars rover Zhurong has yet to drive off its lander and start exploring.Credit: Xinhua/Alamy
<p>Now that they know the general landing location of China&rsquo;s Zhurong Mars rover, scientists are rushing to analyse satellite images and geological maps to pinpoint intriguing features. Of particular significance is a possible mud volcano &mdash; a type ...