@WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Roughly 115 million years ago, when the ancient supercontinent Gondwana was breaking apart, a mushroom fell into a river and began an improbable journey. Its ultimate fate as a mineralized fossil preserved in limestone in northeast Brazil makes it a scientific wonder, scientists report in the journal PLOS […]
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Why rocks flow slowly in Earth’s middle mantle
June 6th, 2017 
Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev For decades, researchers have studied the interior of the Earth using seismic waves from earthquakes. Now a recent study, led by Arizona State University’s School of Earth and Space Exploration Associate Professor Dan Shim, has re-created in the laboratory the conditions found deep in the Earth, and used […]
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No Comments »Antarctic ice rift close to calving, after growing 17km in 6 days, latest data from ice shelf shows
June 5th, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev The rift in the Larsen C ice shelf in Antarctica has grown by 17km in the last few days and is now only 13km from the ice front, indicating that calving of an iceberg is probably very close, Swansea University researchers revealed after studying the latest satellite data. […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: antarctic, ice, ice shelf, Riffin T Sajeev, rift, Russel T Sajeev, shelf, WFS, world fossil society No Comments »Extreme geothermal activity discovered beneath New Zealand’s Southern Alps
June 3rd, 2017 Riffin Unusually high temperatures, greater than 100°C, have been found close to Earth’s surface in New Zealand – a phenomenon typically only seen in volcanic areas such as Iceland or Yellowstone, USA.
Posted in Featured Post Tags: alps, geothermal, high temperatures, new zealand, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, world fossil society No Comments »Why the Sumatra earthquake was so severe…..
June 2nd, 2017 Riffin An international team of scientists has found evidence suggesting the dehydration of minerals deep below the ocean floor influenced the severity of the Sumatra earthquake, which took place on Dec. 26, 2004.
Posted in Featured Post Tags: deadly, Earthquake, Ocean, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, severe, subduction, sumatra, WFS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Hard rocks from Himalaya raise flood risk for millions
June 1st, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Scientists have shown how earthquakes and storms in the Himalaya can increase the impact of deadly floods in one of Earth’s most densely populated areas. Large volumes of hard rock dumped into rivers by landslides can increase flood risk up to hundreds of kilometres downstream, potentially affecting millions […]
Posted in Featured Post Tags: flood risk, Hard rocks, Himalaya, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, WFS NEWS, world fossil society No Comments »Just how old are animals?
May 31st, 2017 Riffin The origin of animals was one of the most important events in the history of Earth. Beautifully preserved fossil embryos suggest that our oldest ancestors might have existed a little more than half a billion years ago.
Posted in Featured Post, General Tags: animals, embryo, fossil, old, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, world fossil society No Comments »WFS News: Palaeontologist William Fox’s dinosaur fossil finds displayed
May 30th, 2017 Riffin @WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Fossils discovered by a Victorian clergyman who had four dinosaurs named after him are being exhibited on the Isle of Wight. Among Rev William Fox’s finds was one of the first, almost complete dinosaur fossils – a partial skeleton of a plant-eating Hypsilophodon foxii.Some of his fossils are […]
How X-rays Helped to Solve Mystery of Floating Rocks
May 28th, 2017 Riffin It’s true—some rocks can float on water for years at a time. And now scientists know how they do it, and what causes them to eventually sink. X-ray studies at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have helped scientists to solve this mystery by scanning inside samples of lightweight, glassy, and […]
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May 27th, 2017 Riffin The blue whale, which uses baleen to filter its prey from ocean water and can reach lengths of over 100 feet, is the largest vertebrate animal that has ever lived. On the list of the planet’s most massive living creatures, the blue whale shares the top ranks with most other species of baleen whales alive […]
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