ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE

Scientists Discovers Fossils of Spinosaurus aegyptiacus, First-Ever Dinosaur that Swims and Eats Fish

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE 01.30.2020 07:38 AM

In the age of the dinosaurs, not too many would evolve into a semi-water going lifestyle, but the Spinosaurus aegyptiacus is an exception. Scientists have studied the massive meat-eaters fossil and found clues of its watery adaptation about 95 million years ago (MYA).

5 Eco Cruise Tips to Reduce Waste When You Travel

01.29.2020 14:08 PM

Want to make your cruise greener? Use these eco cruise travel tips to make sure you minimize the effect of your travel on the planet.

60-Feet Monstrous Overlords Terrorized Creatures in Ancient Seas

01.29.2020 08:03 AM

In ancient seas and earlier epochs, a large and ancient leviathan terrorized all sea creatures. Killer Whales would be nothing compared to this sea monster, that cannibalized other whales too.

Climate Change Is Causing Marine Heatwaves That Are Moving Food Sources and Causing Whale Entanglement

01.29.2020 08:01 AM

Increased numbers of whales getting entangled are raising a red flag, with more instances of it happening. Disruptions that are caused by entropy and climate change is now causing changes like marine heatwaves. This happens when changes in the normal worldwide temperature of seas increase affecting fisheries and ocean-going species.

Scientists Discover the Importance of Plasmodesmata in the Formation of Roots in Times of Drought

01.29.2020 07:58 AM

Changes in climate prompt nature to find ways and means to survive, and plants are very efficient as far as their evolutionary responses developed to deal with it. They dig deeper into the soil with their roots, looking for trapped moisture when there is drought. How it works is what scientists are studying now, of vital importance as well.

Death Looms as the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (BAS) Declares Doomsday Clock to Be at 100 Seconds to Midnight

01.28.2020 11:12 AM

Are we running into the arms of oblivion as mankind's mad dash to doomsday? Everything is pointing to midnight as the time when mankind invariably meets its doom.

Archaic Viruses Trapped in a Tibetan Glacier Is a Window Into What Kinds of Viruses Lived Epochs Before

01.28.2020 10:10 AM

Scientists make a valuable discovery in a glacial plateau on the northwest part of Tibet in China. This discovery finds viruses that were in a deep freeze in the glacier for the past 15,000 years. These viruses are archaic and unknown to science, and it will give an idea of how viruses developed and culture that long ago.

How Did the Palaeoloxodon Evolve, a Straight-Tusked Elephant According to Scientists

01.27.2020 19:51 PM

Before modern elephants arose, in Europe and Asia in the Pleistocene and Holocene eras the Palaeoloxodon lived. It is an extinct species of straight-tusked elephants that were very different from the curved tusks of modern elephants in our present period.

Oldest Allosaurid “Allosaurus Jimmadseni” Is the Newest Addition to This Dinosaur Family With Unique Crests on the Face

01.27.2020 19:38 PM

A new kind of carnivorous dinosaur is announced by the Natural History Museum of Utah, newly designated dinosaur "Allosaurus jimmadseni". Discovered in the 1990s at the Dinosaur National Monument in northeastern Utah, and it lived in the flood plains in 157-152 million years ago (MYA) during the Later Jurassic Period.

Injuries and Deaths Could Rise with Climate Change in the U.S., According to a Study

01.27.2020 09:30 AM

The long term impact of climate change could be absolutely devastating to the planet and everyone and everything living on it.

Walking Sharks Are Evolved by Speciation When Extraneous Conditions Like Isolation Create Mutations

01.27.2020 09:22 AM

This species of walking sharks are located in the Australia-New Guinea region, often frequenting the islands, reefs, also shoals found in these places. To be exact most of these animals will found topographies that are far main areas, near shallow seas.

“Ugrunaaluk Kuukpikensis” a Duck-Billed Dinosaur Is Found in the Cold-Frontiers of Alaska by Palaeontologists

01.27.2020 08:48 AM

In the remote frontiers of Alaska, remains of dinosaurs were found in the least expected of places. Living in the cold frontiers were only a few dinosaurs were thought to exist in these northernmost locations.

When Did Dinosaurs Evolve in North America, When the Fossil Record Is Not Even Definite

01.27.2020 08:13 AM

Dinosaurs are accepted to be dominant in the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, ruled the earth for 135 million years. Many fossils were found that point to many habitats with them existing there.

Heat From The Mount Vesuvius Eruption Glassed Organic Brain Matter From One of Its Victims

01.24.2020 11:09 AM

In the year 1979, the people living near Mount Vesuvius were witness to the fiery guts of the earth. The heat and pyroclastic material entombed the dead for eternity and left their remnants as shapes in hot lava.

Study of the Wulong Bohaiensis and How it Became the Missing Link in the Evolution of Birds

01.24.2020 07:40 AM

A new feathered dinosaur is cited as a step to evolve into birds, and scientists call it "Wulong bohaiensis" or the dancing dragon. Examined by Ashley Poust, who studied the specimen brought the feathered dinosaur to the attention of the scientific community because of what it represented in dinosaur evolution.

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