Recently, a new study published in Nature Communications has suggested that pulses of massive amounts of lava can release as much CO₂ as humanity will produce for the entire 21st century.

Paleontologists in Australia have recently discovered a treasure trove of amber with trapped insects, spiders, and fungi.¹ These new fossils are revealing some animal behavioral secrets and are creating some baffling mysteries.

Recently, a team of geochemists from Belgium reported that days might have been 30 minutes shorter in the Late Cretaceous compared to today, giving 372 days in a year.¹ They published their results in Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, basing their conclusions on growth patterns in an extinct bivalve called a rudist clam.

Pterosaurs were amazing flying reptiles that came in all shapes and sizes.¹ Not surprisingly, when these bizarre creatures are found in the fossil record they are 100% flying reptiles. Some achieve the size of a fighter jet, such as Quetzalcoatlus discovered in Texas or Hatzegopteryx in Romania.

Evolutionary scientists announced the discovery of what they claim are the oldest green-algae fossils—which look remarkably like modern, living seaweeds. The millimeter-sized, multicellular plant fossils were found in China in rocks claimed to be over one billion years old.¹