fossil
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Firms across Europe have been switching to electricity from fossil fuels for their industrial needs, encouraged by subsidies from EU funds.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
The oceans take up more than 90% of the excess heat trapped by humanity's greenhouse gas emissions, mainly from burning fossil fuels.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
Elon Musk, best known for disdaining fossil fuels and selling close to 10 million electric vehicles, is actively advocating natural-gas turbines for data centers and chip factories.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
"New fossil discoveries ultimately come from fieldwork, but museum collections play a significant role in this kind of integrative research," Wright said.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
They began as mutual friends and admirers, even naming fossil species after each other, and spent a pleasant week together in 1868.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
The invertebrate paleontology collections overseen by Drs. Cole and Wright at the Oklahoma Museum of Natural History contain more than a million specimens, and additional fossils are added every year.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
Finding fossils from much earlier periods requires searching in places where delicate biological material had an unusual chance of surviving.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
Scientists are becoming better at identifying the types of rocks most likely to contain early fossils, providing new evidence that can help reconstruct the history of Earth's earliest life.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
Because fossils of these early multicellular organisms are difficult to find, he studies the chemistry of ancient rocks to identify the environments most likely to have preserved them.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
Opaleye eggs are pale grey and may be mistaken for fossils by unwary Muggles.
From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling
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