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Even the worst mass extinction had its oases

Ars Technica 18 Mar 2025
Scientists have debated whether this event caused nearly as much terrestrial destruction. Now, researchers from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology (NIGPAS) of the ...
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Study finds "oasis of life" thrived in NW China during Earth's worst mass extinction

Beijing News 14 Mar 2025
(Chinese Academy of Sciences' Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology/Handout via Xinhua) ... The mass extinction event, which took place at the end of the Permian Period 252 million years ago, wiped out over 80 percent of marine species.
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Scientists Uncover 140-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Tracks in South Africa

Colombia One 14 Mar 2025
Scientists have uncovered the youngest known dinosaur footprints ever found in South Africa ... Oldest dinosaur tracks found in Southern Africa ... Over time, geological events like earthquakes can cause deformations in rock layers that may look like tracks.
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Study finds 'oasis of life' thrived in NW China during Earth's worst mass extinction

China Daily 13 Mar 2025
The study, led by researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, was published in the Science Advances journal on Thursday. The mass extinction event, ...
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Across China: Study finds "oasis of life" thrived in NW China during Earth's worst mass extinction

China.dot.org 13 Mar 2025
The study, led by researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, was published in the Science Advances journal on Thursday. The mass extinction event, ...
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Spring flood risks remain low, despite Friday’s storm

The Gazette Cedar Rapids 13 Mar 2025
(Nick Rohlman/The Gazette) ... 13 ... The latest U.S ... But as the state still is moving into what has been historically its flood season, Weber is encouraging Iowans to keep updated on weather events ... Geological Survey, which has a local chapter at UI as well ... .
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California rocked by TWO earthquakes in less than 3 hours | Daily Mail Online

The Daily Mail 12 Mar 2025
The US Geological Survey (USGS) detected the first quake, a 2.5 magnitude, outside of San Francisco, striking less than three miles of Alamo ... Trees were uprooted, buildings were destroyed and two people were killed during the event.
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Great Neck, Syosset and Ward Melville win LI Science Olympiad

Newsday 12 Mar 2025
Thirteen high school regionals were held statewide, with teams of up to 15 students competing in more than 20 events that tested learning, lab and building skills. Among this year’s event categories were “Disease Detectives” and “Geologic Mapping.”.
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Jericho Energy Ventures Streamlines Portfolio to Focus on Core Operating Assets

ACCESSWIRE 11 Mar 2025
regulatory changes; changes to the ‎definition of, or interpretation of, foreign private issuer status; the impacts of COVID-19 and other ‎infectious diseases; general economic conditions; industry ...
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This extinct tree-dwelling mammal may be among humans’ closer relatives

Popular Science 11 Mar 2025
The planet’s earliest mammals are an important part of our evolutionary history, yet remain shrouded in mystery ... This geological epoch followed the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event that killed off non-avian dinosaurs about 66 million years ago ... .
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Robert Kiyosaki’s Biggest Financial Crypto Market Crash Prediction Came True, What’s Next?

CoinGape 11 Mar 2025
Since Donald Trump began his second presidency, the crypto market has been full of ups and downs, with volatile investor sentiments and macroeconomic events.
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Volcanic activity billions of years ago set the stage for Earth's oxygen-rich atmosphere, research suggests

Phys Dot Org 10 Mar 2025
"It likely took some massive geological events to seed the oceans with nutrients, including the growth of the continents and, as we suggest in our paper, intense volcanic activity, which we know to have occurred.".
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Has Noah's Ark been found? Boat-shaped mound in Turkey was underwater 5,000 years ago, scientists ...

The Daily Mail 10 Mar 2025
The Durupinar Formation is a 163-metre (538ft) geological structure made of a type of iron ore called limonite ... The Durupinar Formation is a 163-metre (538ft) geological structure made of a type of iron ore called limonite.
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Ethiopia: Why Does Ethiopia Have Earthquakes and Volcanoes? a Geologist Explains

All Africa 07 Mar 2025
The area falls within a geologically active region of the Great Rift Valley that ...
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World's oldest impact crater discovered in Australia

New Atlas 06 Mar 2025
Located in Western Australia, the crater has been dated to about 3.5 billion years ago, at a time when these almost literally Earth-shattering events should have been occurring regularly.
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