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A collection of over 300 specimens collected by Charles Darwin and his associates – then forgotten for generations has be rediscovered at the British Geological Survey.
Tags: ads-by-google, current-events, geology, historical geology, marcellus-shale, north-carolina, pennsylvania, shale, south americaEvery day Google celebrates a famous person or event and today they honor Nicolas Steno, one of the early pioneers of geology. The doodle features rock layers spelling GOOGLE and when they are clicked it does a google search for “Nicolas Steno”. Check it out, it will be gone tomorrow.
An article on the SignOnSanDiego.com website explains what Earth might have been like during the extinction that occurred at the end of the Permian which wiped out most of Earth’s species.
Tags: afghanistan, california, earth, earthquakes, historical geology, marcellus-shale, massachusetts, oceanography, satellite imagesSome of the most spectacular Eocene fossils are found in the Green River Formation of Colorado , Utah and Wyoming where fish, insects, plants and animals were preserved in intermountain lakes while the Rocky Mountains were still growing.
Tags: astronomy, california, colorado, fossils, green, historical geology, Jobs, lakes, marcellus-shale, massachusetts, rocky, united-states, utah, waterThe far side of the moon has a very mountainous topography and a very different crustal composition than the lunar near side. These differences may have been produced with a small companion moon was accreted in a low-velocity impact.
Tags: asteroids and meteorites, astronomy, california, climate-change, earth, earth sciences, earthquakes, Geology.com, historical geology, interesting, Jobs, mexico, moon, NASA, united-states“A new study reveals that a group of ancient enzymes adapted to substantial changes in ocean temperature and acidity during the last four billion years, providing evidence that life on Early Earth evolved from a much hotter, more acidic environment to the cooler, less acidic global environment that exists today.” Quoted from the Georgia Tech press release.
Tags: ads-by-google, climate-change, earth sciences, environment, Geology.com, geophysics, historical geology, Jobs, massachusetts, mexico, middle-east, ocean, united-states, waterThe longest-known stretch of dinosaur footprints is located on the Dampier Peninsula of Australia . Chevron, Shell, BP and other companies want to develop a natural gas port that will be the first major development on the 80 kilometer footprint area.
Tags: australia, dinosaurs, earth sciences, energy, financial, geology, geology-news, historical geology, Jobs, oil and gas, pennsylvania, waterResearchers are still uncovering new information about the creatures and environment that existed during the Ice Age at the La Brea Tar Pits of Los Angeles, California .
Tags: ads-by-google, california, geology-news, Geology.com, hawaii, historical geology, massachusetts, mexico, middle-east, south-africa, tsunami, universityThe formation of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado has always puzzled scientists.
Tags: colorado, earthquakes, geology, historical geology, marcellus-shale, massachusetts, mountains, north“With the steep decline in populations of many animal species, scientists have warned that Earth is on the brink of a mass extinction like those that have occurred just five times during the past 540 million years.”
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