Archive for February 16th, 2013

TRANSECT CONSORTIA, India: A consortium of field Practitioners in Earth Science

The transect is a non-profitable [NGO] scientific society intended to give the students in Earth science some firsthand experience in working on the Earth – acquiring raw data and training to approach the complexities and historical depth of geological phenomena with a liberal, open and unbiased spirit leading to better career and knowhow on problems […]

Fossil leaves uncover mass plant extinction

A previously unknown mass extinction of plants occurred around a million years ago in the southeast corner of Australia, an analysis of fossilised leaves shows. The findings, by Australian researchers, helps explain a spectacular but mysterious diversity of sclerophyll plants elsewhere – in Australia’s southwest region. Australian Research Council Fellow Dr Kale Sniderman, of the […]