The Earth’s magnetic fields help support life on our planet, but they could also be a driver of climate change and the reason why some species have become extinct. This is the …
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Scientists who study plant life around the extinction event that killed the dinosaurs have made a surprising discovery: of all the birds that lived at that time, only the species that inhabit …
Read More »The catastrophe that killed the dinosaurs created a global greenhouse for 100,000 years, according to a study
The dinosaur garden outside the Utah Natural History Lodge includes a 20-foot Tyrannosaurus rex. (Photo by John Kimble / For The Washington Post) On a very bad day 66 million years ago, …
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