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September 24, 2015
Yale University scientists have answered a 40-year-old question about Arctic ice thickness by treating the ice floes of the frozen seas like colliding molecules in a fluid or...
September 9, 2015
The award is given for the best oral presentation by a student studying paleoecology. Matt’s presentation was titled, “What actually happens to functional diversity...
September 3, 2015
There’s a twist in the turtle timeline. Thanks to new fossil evidence, paleontologists are able to prove that turtles share a recent common ancestor with birds and crocodiles...
September 1, 2015
You don’t name a sea creature after an ancient Greek warship unless it’s built like a predator. That’s certainly true of the recently discovered Pentecopterus, a giant sea...
September 1, 2015
From the Society’s website: “GSA members are elected to Fellowship in recognition of distinguished contributions to the geosciences.” He will be recognized at this year...
August 19, 2015
Scientists are getting an unprecedented look at a geological process in South America that mirrors the formation of America’s Rocky Mountains. Writing in the journal Nature,...