Diversification of East Asian subtropical evergreen broadleaved forests over the last 8 million years
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.9451
Abstract: Abstract The evolution of subtropical evergreen broadleaved forests (EBLFs) in East Asia is interesting while complicated. Genus‐level phylogenies indicate that the origins of EBLFs could trace back to the Oligocene–Miocene boundary or even the Eocene,… read more here.
Keywords: evergreen broadleaved; east asian; million years; broadleaved forests ... See more keywords
Early Cretaceous Mesochara-rich assemblages from central Patagonia, Argentina, predate the origin of homogenous Charoidean floras by about 30 million years
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2021.105017
Abstract: Abstract During the Early Cretaceous charophyte assemblages were dominated by the family Clavatoraceae, especially in low latitudinal lakes from the Peri-Tethyan basins. In higher latitudes, however, charophyte assemblages were mainly formed by early characeans associated… read more here.
Keywords: central patagonia; early cretaceous; mesochara; patagonia ... See more keywords
Terrestrial climate evolution in the Southwest Pacific over the past 30 million years
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DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2016.11.006
Abstract: Abstract A reconstruction of terrestrial temperature and precipitation for the New Zealand landmass over the past ∼30 million years is produced using pollen data from >2000 samples lodged in the New Zealand Fossil Record Electronic… read more here.
Keywords: climate evolution; terrestrial climate; new zealand; past million ... See more keywords
Ninety million years of chasing mites by ant-like stone beetles
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DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2017.04.002
Abstract: Abstract Among insects, the largest group of the Animal Kingdom, rove beetles (Staphylinidae) have undergone an enormous adaptive radiation that resulted in over 62,000 extant species showing diverse body forms, structures and feeding specializations combining… read more here.
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The Fifth Beginning: What Six Million Years of Human History Can Tell Us about Our Future. ROBERT L. KELLY. 2016. University of California Press, Berkeley. xi + 149 pp. $24.95 (hardcover), ISBN 978-0-5202-9312-0.
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DOI: 10.1017/aaq.2019.63
Abstract: rights and interest holders and the sustainability of urban heritage projects. Sayer’s mixed-methods study shows that hands-on and participatory heritage positively impacted children’s well-being, while Kidd shows that digital heritage is not the great democratizer… read more here.
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Reconstructing 150 Million Years of Arctic Ocean Climate
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DOI: 10.1029/2019eo134697
Abstract: A new summary of past Arctic climate conditions gives insight into anthropogenic influences on today’s climate and on the need for future drilling studies to further improve our understanding of the past read more here.
Keywords: climate; 150 million; arctic ocean; reconstructing 150 ... See more keywords
Multiple genomes give switchgrass an advantage.
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DOI: 10.1038/d41586-021-00212-x
Abstract: Admixed Unknown Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) is a keystone species of the North American tallgrass prairie. The habitats of switchgrass have undergone many cycles of contraction and expansion over time, owing to the advances and retreats… read more here.
Keywords: species switchgrass; sets chromosomes; switchgrass; parental species ... See more keywords
‘Zombie’ patent fights over mutant mice return
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DOI: 10.1038/nature.2017.21620
Abstract: survey, they found evidence of many of these major volcanic events. Each of those newly identified eruptions goes into Ernst’s database. “We’ve got about 10 or 15 so far that are probably comparable to the… read more here.
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A record of deep-ocean dissolved O2 from the oxidation state of iron in submarine basalts
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DOI: 10.1038/nature25009
Abstract: The oxygenation of the deep ocean in the geological past has been associated with a rise in the partial pressure of atmospheric molecular oxygen (O2) to near-present levels and the emergence of modern marine biogeochemical… read more here.
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Future climate forcing potentially without precedent in the last 420 million years
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DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14845
Abstract: The evolution of Earth's climate on geological timescales is largely driven by variations in the magnitude of total solar irradiance (TSI) and changes in the greenhouse gas content of the atmosphere. Here we show that… read more here.
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Microbial life and biogeochemical cycling on land 3,220 million years ago
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DOI: 10.1038/s41561-018-0190-9
Abstract: The colonization of emergent continental landmass by microbial life was an evolutionary step of paramount importance in Earth history. Here we report direct fossil evidence for life on land 3,220 million years ago (Ma) in the… read more here.
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