fossil
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China’s stockpiles, combined with its quicker-than-expected shift away from fossil fuels, are making it the most powerful swing buyer in global energy markets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
That shift brings the fossil record somewhat closer to estimates produced by molecular clock studies.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
“This particular division of private and public, housewife and breadwinner … was built on a flow of cheap fossil fuels and car culture,” she told The 19th.
From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2026
The remainder of planet-warming gases are released by smaller fossil fuel companies, livestock agriculture, deforestation, landfills and other activities, according to the study.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
I consoled myself with Granddaddy’s words on the fossil record and the Book of Genesis: It was more important to understand something than to like it.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
Using cross-polarized light imaging, the researchers were able to identify distinctive features that revealed the fossils had been misclassified for years.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
The newly described fossils of C. praecursor were found in calcareous claystone concretions in the Tesnus Formation of the Marathon Uplift in western Texas.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
Undisputed hexapod body fossils first appear in the Early Devonian Rhynie Chert around 405 million years ago.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
The fossils of C. praecursor and related Paleozoic stem insects provide a new view of how the most species-rich animal group on Earth began its move onto land.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
At every change in rock strata certain species of fossils disappeared while others carried on into subsequent levels.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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