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Study: Dinosaurs takes over amid ice not warmth
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 4 (ANI): A new study of ancient mass extinction suggests that ancient high latitudes, to which early dinosaurs were largely relegated, regularly froze over, and that the creatures adapted an apparent key to their later dominance.
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NBC orders prehistoric documentary series 'Surviving Earth'
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 29 (ANI): National Broadcasting Company (NBC) has ordered eight episodes of 'Surviving Earth,' an unscripted series about how life not only survived but thrived during the catastrophic events of the prehistoric era. The series aims to find the lessons that can be learne
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Study examines last day of dinosaurs
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Uppsala [Sweden], February 28 (ANI): Dinosaurs have been extinct for over 65 million years and yet, questions still surround as to how massive creatures like them became extinct to such an extent that not even a trace of them is left now. Scientists have been pondering and researching this f
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Study of pine pollen reveals nanofoams are key to survive mass extinctions
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], February 9 (ANI): The past always has always intrigued scientists, whether be it searching for answers on survival or questioning the existence of some species. Scientists from the Natural History Museum, London (United Kingdom), and the ESRF, the European Synchrotron, Grenoble
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J-K: Field workshop on repository of Permian Triassic mass extinction even
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], October 23 (ANI): A field workshop was organised on Saturday on the repository of the Permian Triassic mass extinction event to adopt the 252 million-year-old Guryul Ravine fossil site in Khanmoh area of Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar.
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Exploding stars may have caused mass extinction on Earth
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], August 20 (ANI): Killer cosmic rays from nearby supernovae could be the culprit behind at least one mass extinction event, researchers said, and finding certain radioactive isotopes in Earth's rock record could confirm this scenario.
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How dare you? : Greta Thunberg to world leaders at UN Climate Summit
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [USA], Sep 24 (ANI): "You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words," were the emotional words of Greta Thunberg, the teenage Swedish environmental activist, who stormed at the world leaders gathered at the UN Climate Change summit in New York, adding, "We are
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Study reveals details of another mass-extinction held 260 million years ag
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sept 15 (ANI): Researchers have recently learned about a new catastrophic mass-extinction event that happened around 260 million years ago.
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Researchers uncover reason behind major mass extinction of Earth
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sept 1 (ANI): Around 420 million years back in the pre-historic Silurian Period, Earth suffered a major mass extinction, which wiped out almost 23 per cent of the marine life.
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Can bacteria species go extinct? Yes, they do!
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 31 (ANI): Turns out, bacteria go extinct at substantial rates, but they appear to avoid the mass extinctions that have hit larger forms of life on Earth.
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Chimps, other primates on verge of mass extinction
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 6 (ANI): Turns out, chimps, orangutans, lemurs, and other cuddle primates are in a serious peril.
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Volcanic eruptions, declining oxygen levels killing marine life
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], June 12 (ANI): The very recent volcanic eruptions in Guatemala and Hawaii have left the world in a state of shock with their ensuing devastation.
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