Seawater circulation pumps hydrogen and boron into the oceanic plates that make up the seafloor, and some of this seawater remains trapped as the plates descend into the mantle at areas called subduction zones. By analyzing samples of submarine volcanic glass near one of these areas, scientists found unexpected changes in isotopes of hydrogen and […]
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Volcanoes Deliver Two Flavors of Water
August 7th, 2012 
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No Comments »Nautilus survives 500 million years — until humans fancy it
August 6th, 2012 riffin No matter how well adapted an animal may be, it can spell evolutionary doom to have feathers or even shells that become coveted by human beings. Take the nautilus, a creature that pulled easily through the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs. It now hangs on the brink of extinction thanks to the misfortune […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: dinosaurs, fossils, nautilus, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, world fossil society No Comments »Albertonykus borealis: America’s Smallest Dinosaur
August 5th, 2012 riffin An unusual breed of dinosaur that was the size of a chicken, ran on two legs and scoured the ancient forest floor for termites is the smallest dinosaur species found in North America, according to a University of Calgary researcher who analyzed bones found during the excavation of an ancient bone bed near Red Deer, […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: Albertonykus, dinosaurs, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, world fossil society No Comments »Large dinosaurs migrated huge distances, say scientists
December 28th, 2011 riffin The largest dinosaurs to walk the Earth may have embarked on seasonal migrations that covered hundreds of kilometres when local watering holes dried up and food became scarce.The 18-tonne sauropod dinosaur Camarasaurus may have migrated 300 kilometres in search of food and water. Evidence that giant sauropods set off on epic journeys came to light […]
