Still Trying to Explain the Great Unconformity

A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has again tried to explain a global erosional surface known as the Great Unconformity.1 This boundary surface marks a major gap in the rock record between Precambrian rocks below and younger sedimentary rocks above.


Plates Wobble Before Big Quakes

A new study published in Nature has found that tectonic plates may change directions rapidly, or “wobble,” several months before a massive quake is released.1 Scientists are not sure why, but it may lead to a future breakthrough in earthquake predictions.


Massive Cache of Dangerous Carnivores Found

Recently, a new study published in the journal ZooKeys has claimed to have found the most dangerous location to live in Earth’s history.1 And it is possible they are entirely correct, but for the wrong reasons.


Frog Fossils Found in Antarctica!

Can you imagine frogs in snow-covered, frigid Antarctica? A recent fossil discovery has significant implications for Earth’s climate history as well as the fossil record.


Monkey Fossil Confirms Neogene-Quaternary Flood Boundary

A newly published analysis of four fossil molar teeth from a monkey dug up along the left bank of the Yuruá River in the Peruvian Amazon is causing a great deal of evolutionary confusion.1 The problem is that this particular type of monkey has only been found previously in rocks of the same strata in North Africa.

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