In a paper published in the journal Nature Geoscience, scientists offer a new explanation for a string of severe environmental crises, called oceanic anoxic events, which happened between 185 and 85 million years ago (Mesozoic era); these occurred when the seas became critically depleted of dissolved oxygen. Oceanic anoxic events are geologically abrupt phases of
Paleontologists have unearthed the skeletal remains from a previously unknown species of lithostrotian titanosaur at the fossil site of Lo Hueco, Cuenca, Spain. An artist’s reconstruction of Qunkasaura pintiquiniestra. Image credit: José Antonio Peñas Artero. Qunkasaura pintiquiniestra lived in Europe around 75 million years ago during the Cretaceous period. The ancient creature was a member
Named Haliotis pirimoana, the newly-identified gastropod species is only found at Manawatāwhi Three Kings Islands, off New Zealand’s North Island. Shells of Haliotis pirimoana from Manawatāwhi Three Kings Islands (A-D) and Haliotis virginea (E-G). Scale bar – 5 mm in (A-C) and 0.5 mm in (D-G). Image credit: Jean-Claude Stahl. Abalones (family Haliotidae) are herbivorous
Home Ports & Infrastructure Denmark’s Port Esbjerg bolsters offshore wind, ammonia, and hydrogen ties with Korea’s Ulsan port September 5, 2024, by Ajsa Habibic Denmark’s Port Esbjerg and Korea’s Port of Ulsan have formed a strategic partnership to drive innovation and sustainability in the maritime industry through both parties’ experience in handling hydrogen and ammonia
Quebec Innovative Materials Corp. (CSE: QIMC, FSE: 7FJ) (“QI Materials”, “QIMC” or the “Company”), is proud to announce a landmark discovery made in collaboration with our Quebec partner, the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS). The findings from the recently completed 9.7km north-south line 7 have uncovered hydrogen soil samples with concentrations exceeding 1000
South Korea will focus on nuclear power and hydrogen to reach net zero by the mid-century, according to the country’s vice energy minister, as it struggles to expand solar and wind. Author of the article: Published Sep 05, 2024 • 2 minute read vazol4u6k4ua8b0b}]i1(t[4_media_dl_1.png Kepco; South Korea's Ministry of (Bloomberg) — South Korea will focus
Around a fifth of U.K. citizens believe Earth has been visited by extraterrestrials, and an estimated 7% believe that they have seen a UFO. The figures are even higher in the U.S. — and rising. The number of people who believe UFO sightings offer likely proof of alien life increased from 20% in 1996 to
The kākāpō (Strigops habroptilus) is a living species of flightless parrot endemic to New Zealand. The kākāpō (Strigops habroptilus). Image credit: Jake Osborne. “Our research had prompted a rethink of our native fauna,” said Canterbury Museum’s Dr. Paul Scofield. “Many of the species that we thought of as iconic New Zealand natives — a classic