So many fossils, so little time — to train people to identify them.
As scientists grapple with a vast backlog of marine fossils waiting for identification, an international...
Scientists have discovered the world’s oldest “comma” shrimp, a tiny crustacean shaped like its punctuation namesake.
The 90-million-year-old creature fills in a major...
Today, the world is warming. But from about 720 to 635 million years ago, temperatures swerved the other way as the planet became encased in ice during the two ice ages known...
A new study led by Yale University confirms a long-held theory about the last great mass extinction event in history and how it affected Earth’s oceans. The findings may...
Sadly Brian Skinner, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Geology & Geophysics, passed away on August 21st. He was 90 years old. Brian was a pioneer in mineralogy...
Only 0.1% of AGU members (of which there are about 60,000) are elected to Fellow in any given year. John joins 5 other AGU fellows in our Department. He’ll receive...
Earth’s early oceans appear not to have been as hot as some have suggested. The oxygen isotope composition of marine carbonates has changed markedly over the past 3.5...
