Tag Archives: Environmental
Scientist strengthens tools to track animal, ecosystem responses to environmental changes
By charting the slopes and crags on animals’ teeth as if they were mountain ranges, scientists have created a powerful new way to learn about the diets of extinct animals from the fossil record. Understanding the diets of animals that … Continue reading
Environmental change drove diversity in Lake Malawi cichlids
Periods of deep, clear water in Lake Malawi over the past 800,000 years coincide with bursts of species diversification, researchers show in a new report. Paleontology News — ScienceDaily
Popcorn-like fossils provide evidence of environmental impacts on species numbers
The number of species that can exist on Earth depends on how the environment changes, according to new research By analyzing the fossil record of microscopic aquatic creatures called planktonic foraminifera, whose fossil remains now resemble miniaturized popcorn and date … Continue reading
Popcorn-like fossils provide evidence of environmental impacts on species numbers
The number of species that can exist on Earth depends on how the environment changes, according to new research led by the University of Southampton. read more (e) Science News – Paleontology & Archaeology
Smooth hunters: How environmental awareness helped the Bushmen to poison their game
Being responsible for providing their food straight from nature, the San tribes, also called Bushmen, have quickly found ways to evolve their hunting methods. It is assumed that it did not take long between the adoption of bowhunting and the … Continue reading
Confindustria chief slams new EU environmental targets
IMG title=”” alt=”” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wpid-01c66ee2d05d3485d6ad06dc22c0d8ab.jpg” IMG class=hide alt=”Confindustria chief slams new EU environmental targets” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wpid-01c66ee2d05d3485d6ad06dc22c0d8ab.jpg” (ANSA) – Rome, January 16 – Giorgio Squinzi, who heads Italian employers’ association Confindustria, has urged Italian Premier Enrico Letta to pursue realistic environmental targets that … Continue reading
Environmental group warns many Italian schools ‘unsafe’
IMG title=”” alt=”” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wpid-07d190497f806c828f967eb030e360dc.jpg” IMG class=hide alt=”Environmental group warns many Italian schools ‘unsafe’” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wpid-07d190497f806c828f967eb030e360dc.jpg” (ANSA) – Rome, January 8 – Italian school facilities continue to come up short as concerns safety, the environmental association Legambiente said Wednesday. In its annual … Continue reading