Some 18 million years ago, a tiny monkey weighing little more than a baseball lived in the Amazon rainforest, the smallest fossil monkey known worldwide. The finding is based on …read more Source:: Science
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Small horned dinosaur from China, a Triceratops relative, walked on two feet
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•Auroraceratops, a bipedal dinosaur that lived roughly 115 million years ago, has been newly described by paleontologists. More than 80 individuals of this species have been found in China’s Gansu …read more Source:: Science
Evolution of life in the ocean changed 170 million years ago
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•New research identifies a previously overlooked global event which changed the course of the evolution of life in the oceans. It coincided with a rise in calcium carbonate-secreting plankton and …read more Source:: Science
Carbon dioxide levels in atmosphere hit record high in May
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•Atmospheric carbon dioxide continued its rapid rise in 2019, with the average for May peaking at 414.7 parts per million (ppm) at NOAA’s Mauna Loa Atmospheric Baseline Observatory. …read more Source:: Science
Study identifies dog breeds, physical traits that pose highest risk of biting children
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•Nearly five million people are bitten by dogs each year in the United States, and children are at a much higher risk than adults. Dog bites can cause significant psychological …read more Source:: Science
Millions of children worldwide develop asthma annually due to traffic-related pollution
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•About 4 million children worldwide develop asthma each year because of inhaling nitrogen dioxide air pollution, according to a new study. The study, based on data from 2010 to 2015, …read more Source:: Science
Tectonics in the tropics trigger Earth’s ice ages
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•Over the last 540 million years, the Earth has weathered three major ice ages — periods during which global temperatures plummeted, producing extensive ice sheets and glaciers that have stretched …read more Source:: Science
Few pathways to an acceptable climate future without immediate action
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•A new comprehensive study of climate change has painted over 5 million pictures of humanity’s potential future, and few foretell an Earth that has not severely warmed. But with immediate …read more Source:: Science
Climate change is shifting productivity of fisheries worldwide
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•Fish provide a vital source of protein for over half the world’s population, with over 56 million people employed by or subsisting on fisheries. But climate change is beginning to …read more Source:: Science
Amoebae diversified at least 750 million years ago, far earlier than expected
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•Reconstitution of Amoebozoa’s evolution shows significant Precambrian species diversity. This study changes the view of how life evolved in the very remote past and deepens the understanding of current climate …read more Source:: Science