Scientists working with data from the Sloan Digital Sky Surveys’ Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment (APOGEE) have discovered a “fossil galaxy” hidden in the depths of our own Milky Way. Source: https://phys.org/news/2020-11-astronomers-fossil-galaxy-deep-milky.html…
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The sale of an amazing dinosaur fossil could be bad news for science
The Duelling Dinosaurs are a fossil hunter’s dream. After a decade-long saga, a museum has now purchased the specimen but that may do palaeontology more harm than good, says Riley Black Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2259980-the-sale-of-an-amazing-dinosaur-fossil-could-be-bad-news-for-science/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Trump Administration, In Late Push, Moves To Sell Oil Rights In Arctic Refuge
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The New York Times: The Trump administration on Monday announced that it would begin the formal process of selling leases to oil companies in a last-minute push to achieve its long-sought goal of allowing oil and gas drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. That sets up a potential sale of leases…
Three-metre-long dinosaur may have swum across a wide ocean
A fossil duck-billed dinosaur has been found in Africa for the first time, suggesting these dinosaurs could cross expanses of ocean to reach new lands Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2259903-three-metre-long-dinosaur-may-have-swum-across-a-wide-ocean/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Scientists discover ancient lake bed deep beneath Greenland ice
The ancient lake bed, sealed more than a mile under Greenland ice, may be hundreds of thousands or millions of years old, and contain unique fossil and chemical traces of past climates and life. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/ancient-lake-bed-deep-beneath-greenland-ice…
Rising Levels of Carbon Dioxide Increasing Extreme Weather Events in Australia, Report Finds
Australia’s climate has entered a new era of sustained extreme weather events, such as dangerous bushfires and heatwaves, courtesy of rising average temperatures, a new report by the nation’s two government climate science agencies has found. From a report: Rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, mostly from fossil fuel burning, has driven more dangerous bushfires, rising sea levels and…
Giant seal fossil found in New Zealand hints they evolved in the south
The discovery of a new species of extinct monk seal in New Zealand suggests that many seals evolved in the southern hemisphere and repeatedly crossed the equator Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2259375-giant-seal-fossil-found-in-new-zealand-hints-they-evolved-in-the-south/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
The fossil of a duckbill dinosaur has been found on the ‘wrong’ continent
The final chapter of dinosaur history is a tale stretching across two very different worlds, each a vast supercontinent dominated by its own unique mix of predators and herbivores. Source: https://www.livescience.com/duckbill-dinosaur-fossil-found-wrong-continent.html
A Biden Victory Positions America For a 180-Degree Turn On Climate Change
“Joe Biden, the projected winner of the U.S. presidency, will move to restore dozens of environmental safeguards President Donald Trump abolished,” reports the Washington Post, “and launch the boldest climate change plan of any president in history.” destinyland shares their report: While some of Biden’s most sweeping programs will encounter stiff resistance from Senate Republicans and conservative attorneys general, the United…
Dinosaurs crossed hundreds of miles of ocean
A chance fossil discovery in Morocco has indicated that some dinosaurs swam vast distance across the sea. The discovery of a duck-billed dinosaur foss… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/340724/dinosaurs-crossed-hundreds-of-miles-of-ocean…