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UGA ecologists provide close-up of coral bleaching event

New research by University of Georgia ecologists sheds light on exactly what happens to coral during periods of excessively high water temperatures. Their…

One of the World’s Most Significant Finds of Marine Reptile Fossils from the Cretaceous Period

The cache of skeletal ichthyosaurs stumbled upon ten years ago in Chile turns out to be one of the world’s most significant fossil finds of marine reptiles…

Climate engineering can't erase climate change

After evaluating a range of possible climate-altering approaches to dissipating greenhouse gases and reducing warming, the interdisciplinary team concluded…

Taking the Pulse of Mountain Formation in the Andes

Scientists have long been trying to understand how the Andes and other broad, high-elevation mountain ranges were formed. New research by Carmala Garzione, a…

Solving the puzzle of ice age climates

The paleoclimate record for the last ice age — a time 21,000 years ago called the “Last Glacial Maximum” (LGM) — tells of a cold Earth whose northern…

Modern Ocean Acidification Is Outpacing Ancient Upheaval, Study Suggests

Some 56 million years ago, a massive pulse of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere sent global temperatures soaring. In the oceans, carbonate sediments…

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