HOUSTON (AP) ? Pups in her womb, a large eye visible behind the rib cage, one baby stuck in the birth canal: all fossilized evidence that this ancient marine beast, the Ichthyosaur, died in childbirth. Jurassic Mom's almost certainly painful death is perfectly preserved in a rare fossil skeleton, one of the many unique items that will go on display in the Houston Museum of Natural Science's $85 ...
The Wenatchee Erratics, the local arm of the Ice Age Floods Institute, keeps coming up with new places to show geologic history. Last weekend was no exception. Geologists Brent Cunderla and Dr. Ralph Dawes took a busload of us on another great tour, starting with a hike up an old jeep trail off Horse Lake Road. Up this trail, they showed us the many features of floods that came upstream ? from ...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Methane from underground reservoirs is streaming from thawing permafrost and receding glaciers, contributing to the greenhouse gas load in the atmosphere, a study led by scientists at the University of Alaska Fairbanks has found. The study, published online on Sunday in the journal Nature Geoscience, is the first to document leakage of deep geologic methane from ...
