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New documents obtained by AFP suggest Tuvalu will find it hard to pivot away from fossil fuels, despite the prime minister himself deriding such investments as "not a good look".

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

The auction of "Jodi" comes as some scientists warn that auctions could herald a new era in fossil collecting by the ultra-rich.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

Initial measurements of cosmogenic isotopes suggested that some rocks were approximately three million years old, considerably older than indicated by the site's magnetic, fossil, geological, and archaeological evidence.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026

The energy ministry says the government has at times spent up to 30 percent of its foreign exchange reserves in a single month to pay for fossil fuel imports.

From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026

“And it’s all because of climate change. Burning fossil fuels puts carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, which traps the earth’s heat.”

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

Wyoming paleontologist Bill Wahl, who has devoted much of his career to searching for fossils across the state, recognized that the unusual specimen deserved closer examination.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026

Wyoming's Sundance Formation, which preserves evidence of an ancient inland sea that once stretched across much of the western United States, has yielded millions of these fossils.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026

Wahl assembled an international team to investigate the fossils, bringing in specialists including belemnite expert Alexey Ippolitov, a PhD student now based at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026

Lippincott emphasized how extraordinary the discovery was, even for researchers familiar with Wyoming's abundant belemnite fossils.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026

Soon fossils filled nearly the whole of his house in Brighton and consumed much of his income.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson