fossil
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These record-smashing heatwaves have come in a world about 1.4C warmer on average than during the late 19th Century, because of human activities such as the burning of fossil fuels.
From BBC • May 26, 2026
Manifold had replaced Helge Lund, who departed after a major reset at the British energy giant that saw it shelve carbon-reduction targets to focus on fossil fuel output.
From Barron's • May 26, 2026
Flinders University Emeritus Professor John Long, who participated in earlier research that first described Koharalepis in 1992, says modern imaging technology made it possible to study internal structures without damaging the fossil.
From Science Daily • May 25, 2026
Haug and her colleagues worked with researchers from the University of Rostock and the University of Oulu in Finland to study the fossil in detail.
From Science Daily • May 25, 2026
Home plate was tilted up and stamped on top with a cracked mollusk fossil.
From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt
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