fossil
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The use of fossil fuels to power the centre prompted criticism from environmental campaign group Friends of the Earth Cymru.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
"There's a lot of evidence about Shell knowing as early as in the 1960s" that fossil fuels contributed to global warming, said Madeleine Lynch, a campaigner on the "Odette case."
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
According to estimates by the think tank Carbon Majors cited in the lawsuit, Shell holds responsibility for 2.02 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel and cement-making.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
The team went beyond examining the fossil itself, using mathematical models to reconstruct how megaraptorans spread and evolved over millions of years.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
I recheck the probability of finding a fossil.
From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga
Megaraptors are regarded as the most mysterious of the large, meat-eating dinosaurs, as few megaraptor fossils have been found.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
The second part of the name refers to India, where the fossils were discovered.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
The research team also used mathematical modelling to investigate how the spread of megaraptors around the world might have changed over time, based on fossils discovered so far, dinosaurs' evolutionary trees, geography and climate.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
There was one major problem with that explanation: Until now, no megaraptoran fossils had been identified in Europe.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
“It’s science. Archaeologists dig up fossils and stuff, and they can tell how old things are. Cockroaches—I mean crawlers—are really old and they’ve never changed much,” said Gregor.
From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins
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