A University of Michigan-led study using data from the Chicxulub asteroid impact crater modeled how far the resulting tsunami likely would have reached. Ancient pollen grains and marine fossils ...

The fungal microfossils were found in a remote part of the Northwest Territories. Elizabeth Turner, a professor of sedimentary geology at Laurentian University was part of the team that discovered ...

Fast-forward 70 years, and new microfossils have pushed that timeline well into the Archean Eon. Most assume that the first cells were likely simpler than the 1 to 2 micrometer-wide bacteria we ...

Analysis of ancient marine microfossils has revealed that the Earth's climate and the formation and recession of glaciation events in the Earth's history have corresponded with variations in the ...

Bizarre new fossils shed light on ancient plankton Microfossils discovered by University of Leicester scientist date back half a billion years Date: October 25, 2023 Source: University of ...

Working in alternating 12-hour shifts, Herrle meticulously examined smear slides of marine microfossils under a microscope, dating the sediment layers.

Discovery of new types of microfossils may answer an age-old scientific question Date: September 6, 2022 Source: Tohoku University Summary: The Gunflint Formation, which straddles Lake Superior's ...

Marine influence in western Amazonia during the late Miocene. Global and Planetary Change, 205, 103600. doi: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2021.103600 Banner image: A frog in Peruvian Amazon.

During the Eocene, a period from about 55.8 million to 33.9 million years ago, lush swamp forests surrounded freshwater lakes there. That’s reflected by abundant pollen from tropical trees and ...

Analysis of the carbonate shells of these microfossils, which are between 23 million to 34 million years-old, has revealed that the Earth’s climate and the formation and recession of glaciation ...