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Although unlikely, climate change catastrophes, including human extinction, should be more heavily considered by scientists, according to a new commentary article coauthored by WSU archaeologist Tim Kohler.

Historic grab samples of six undrilled high-grade showings have returned results up to 48.10 g/t Au, 11,270 g/t Ag and 7.49% CuProperty has potential to host a large epithermal-porphyry system within

As some of you might know, all of my 'free' time last month was eaten up by a major project (a book chapter) that had a very tight deadline. This meant no time whatsoever for such stuff as blog-writing, hence the (mostly) recycled babirusa stuff. That project is now (mostly!) complete, but I'm still struggling for time due to other projects and jobs. Meanwhile, I thought I'd recycle this...

Durga-1 (earlier WM-Basal DD Fan-1) is the second well drilled in the Block RJ-ONHP-2017/1 to a depth of 2615m MDRT.

Vedanta Ltd announced it has made an oil discovery in its exploratory well in Rajasthan's Barmer district not very far away from its prolific oilfield in the same desert.

Get latest articles and stories on Latest News at LatestLY. Vedanta group firm Cairn Oil & Gas on Monday announced an oil discovery in a Barmer district block of Rajasthan, not very far away from its prolific oilfield in the same desert. Latest News | Cairn Vedanta Makes Oil Discovery in Rajasthan Block.

Unravelling the tectonic processes responsible for the uplift of the Himalaya requires in-depth investigation of individual terranes caught up along the Indus Suture Zone that separates the continents of India and Eurasia. The Himalayan Orogen represent the complex amalgamation of, not only the two colliding continents with one plate subducting underneath the other, but also fragments of oceanic crust (ophiolites) and intraoceanic arcs that developed within the vast expanse of the now extinct Ne...

Full-bellied fossil suggests flies were active pollinators 47 million years ago By (0) The full-bellied fly fossil -- representing a new species, Hirmoneura messelense -- was found among ancient lake sediment layers in Germanys Messel Pit. Photo by Senckenberg March 11 (UPI) -- An ancient insect fossil, recently unearthed in Germany, suggests flies were actively pollinating a diversity of plants some 49 million years ago. Analysis of the fossil, published this week in the journal Current Biol...

 E-Mail IMAGE: The Burgess Shale food web is one of eight ancient food webs that were analyzed for similarities. view more  Credit: Jennifer Dunne If you want to understand an ecosystem, look at what the species within it eat. In studying food webs -- how animals and plants in a community are connected through their dietary preferences -- ecologists can piece together how energy flows through an ecosystem and how stable it is to climate change and other disturbances. Studying ancient ...