Scientists understood physics of climate change in the 1800s – thanks to a woman named Eunice Foote
(THE CONVERSATION) Long before the current political divide over climate change, and even before the U.S. Civil War (1861-1865), an American scientist named Eunice Foote documented the underlying ...
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Ancient Antarctic fossil reveals Earth’s oldest modern bird
Scientists have made an exciting discovery—a 69-million-year-old fossil found in Antarctica is the oldest known modern bird.
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Cretaceous fossil from Antarctica reveals earliest modern bird
Digital reconstruction of the Late Cretaceous (~69 million years old) crown bird Vegavis iaai that was completed following ...
66 million years ago, Antarctica was lush, temperate, and home to the oldest modern bird and T-Rex
A recently analyzed near-complete fossil skull found in Antarctica has revealed Vegavis iaai to be the oldest known modern ...
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Remarkable Fossil Discovery Hints at Antarctic Origins of All Modern Birds
Digital reconstruction of the Late Cretaceous (~69 million years old ... which would have offered a temperate climate with ...
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Ancient Antarctic fossil sheds light on early waterfowl evolution
Antarctica may have been a refuge for early waterfowl ancestors, shielding them from the mass extinction that wiped out the dinosaurs.
After the asteroid, the earliest bird ancestors thrived in Antarctica
With its glaciers and sub-zero temperatures, Antarctica hardly seems like a place of refuge. However, the now icy continent ...
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Scientists discover skull of oldest known modern bird
The new skull exhibits a long, pointed beak and a brain shape unique among all known birds previously discovered from the ...
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Fossilised 69-million-year-old skull of oldest known modern bird discovered
The new skull exhibits a long, pointed beak and a brain shape unique among all known birds previously discovered from the Mesozoic Era.
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Tipping Points in Climate Change: When Is It Too Late?
Let's explore the critical moments in climate change and question when it may be too late to act. #ClimateAction #TippingPoint #SaveOurPlanet Every Grammy album of the year winner since 1959 ...
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10 deadly prehistoric snakes from ocean predators to dinosaur hunters
Titanoboa thrived in a sweltering climate, preying on large aquatic ... Sanajeh Sanajeh indicus was a rather remarkable snake of the Late Cretaceous, about 67 million years ago in what is now ...
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Credit card late fees cost Americans billions a year — now they're capped at $8
New government regulations are slashing the late fees charged by many credit card companies. On March 5, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) finalized a rule limiting the penalty ...