Is this snake actually longer than a school bus? Get to know Vasuki indicus, the longest snake to have ever lived
Can a snake truly be longer than a school bus? Vasuki indicus is a ginormous prehistoric snake that broke every assumption about ancient reptiles. Located in Gujarat, India, this 15-meter (49-foot) ...
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Seven things that happened when the planet got really, really hot
About 50 million years ago the climate of our planet changed faster than at any other time in our geological record. The period lasted ... known as the Palaeocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM ...
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Carbon Dioxide Levels in Earth's Atmosphere Over Time (IMAGE)
If emissions continue unabated, carbon dioxide levels could meet or exceed values associated with past warm climates, such as the Cretaceous period (100 million years ago) or the Eocene epoch (50 ...
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Carbon dioxide is rising at its fastest rate in 66 million years
The study focuses on what the isotope ratios reveal about what occurred during a time period in Earth’s geological history known as the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Boundary, or PETM. The PETM took ...
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Eocene mudflat fossils reveal ancient waterbird foraging behaviors and four new species
Recently, paleontologists Dr. John-Paul Zonneveld, Dr. Sarah Naone, and Dr. Brooks Britt described the discovery and classification of four new ichnotaxa (fossilized trace taxa) from the Eocene ...