//www.koonmotors.com/news/fossils_ruins/paleontology/ Paleontology News and Research. Read about the latest discoveries in the fossil record including theories on why the dinosaurs went extinct and more. en-us Thu, 07 Sep 2023 22:54:41 EDT Thu, 07 Sep 2023 22:54:41 EDT 60 //www.koonmotors.com/images/scidaily-logo-rss.png//www.koonmotors.com/news/fossils_ruins/paleontology/ For more science news, visit ScienceDaily. //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/09/230905202507.htm Right at the bottom of the deep sea, the first very simple forms of life on earth probably emerged a long time ago. Today, the deep sea is known for its bizarre fauna. Intensive research is being conducted into how the number of species living on the sea floor have changed in the meantime. Some theories say that the ecosystems of the deep sea have emerged again and again after multiple mass extinctions and oceanic upheavals. Today's life in the deep sea would thus be comparatively young in the history of the Earth. But there is increasing evidence that parts of this world are much older than previously thought. Tue, 05 Sep 2023 20:25:07 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/09/230905202507.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/09/230905125010.htm A new study has uncovered intriguing insights into the evolution of plant biology, effectively rewriting the history of how they evolved over the past billion years. Tue, 05 Sep 2023 12:50:10 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/09/230905125010.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230831142901.htm An international team of marine scientists has studied the DNA of family groups from four different whale species to estimate their mutation rates. Using the newly determined rates, the group found that the number of humpback whales in the North Atlantic before whaling was 86 percent lower than earlier studies suggested. Thu, 31 Aug 2023 14:29:01 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230831142901.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230830131713.htm A new study brings together intriguing details about the little-known Rhabdodontidae dinosaurs of Late Cretaceous Europe. These gregarious herbivores, characterized by robust builds and beaks specialized for tough vegetation, inhabited the European archipelago. Despite being widespread and abundant, they vanished in Western Europe due to environmental changes around 69 million years ago, while surviving longer in Eastern Europe. Their fossil record offers valuable insights into their evolution and lifestyle, although its limited nature still challenges comprehensive understanding. Wed, 30 Aug 2023 13:17:13 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230830131713.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230829125929.htm Scientists use cutting edge scanning technology to reconstruct 'fossil monster' that lived half a billion years ago. The creature's soft anatomy was well-preserved, allowing it to be imaged almost completely: It fills a gap in our understanding of the evolution of arthropods such as insects and crustaceans. Tue, 29 Aug 2023 12:59:29 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230829125929.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230828105530.htm A new article describes the 266 fossil species as one of the richest and most diverse groups of three-million-year-old fauna ever found in New Zealand. At least ten previously unknown species will be described and named in future research. Fossils of the world's oldest known flax snails, an extinct sawshark spine, and great white shark teeth have all been found in a mound of sand excavated from beneath Mangere Wastewater Treatment Plant in 2020. Mon, 28 Aug 2023 10:55:30 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230828105530.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230823122557.htm Researchers have discovered the fossils of two new abelisaurs in Morocco, showing the diversity of dinosaurs in this region at the end of the Cretaceous period. Wed, 23 Aug 2023 12:25:57 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230823122557.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230818004744.htm Radiocarbon dating on bones in the La Brea Tar Pits lead archaeologists to warn that history may be repeating itself. 星期五,2023年8月18日00:47:44美国东部时间 //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230818004744.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230817164019.htm An extremely rare collection of 160-million-year-old sea spider fossils from Southern France are closely related to living species, unlike older fossils of their kind. Thu, 17 Aug 2023 16:40:19 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230817164019.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230814174542.htm Scientists have discovered and documented the largest known single dinosaur track site in Alaska. The site, located in Denali National Park and Preserve, has been dubbed 'The Coliseum' by researchers. Mon, 14 Aug 2023 17:45:42 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230814174542.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230814122355.htm Recent paleogenomic research revealed that interbreeding was common among early human species. However, little was known about when, where, and how often this hominin interbreeding took place. Using paleoanthropological evidence, genetic data, and supercomputer simulations of past climate, a team of international researchers has found that interglacial climates and corresponding shifts in vegetation created common habitats for Neanderthals and Denisovans, increasing their chances for interbreeding and gene flow in parts of Europe and central Asia. Mon, 14 Aug 2023 12:23:55 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230814122355.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230811115502.htm With 350 million years of evolution culminating in almost two centuries of scientific discourse, a new hypothesis emerges. Researchers propose a new explanation for why ammonoids evolved a highly elaborate, fractal-like geometry within their shells. Their analysis shows that the increasing complexity of shell structures provided a distinct advantage by offering improved protection against predators. Fri, 11 Aug 2023 11:55:02 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230811115502.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230809164700.htm Fossilized feces preserve evidence of ancient parasites that infected an aquatic predator over 200 million years ago, according to a new study. Wed, 09 Aug 2023 16:47:00 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230809164700.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230809130617.htm A 390-million-year-old moss called Takakia lives in some of Earth's most remote places, including the icy cliffs of the Tibetan Plateau. In a decade-long project, a team of scientists climbed some of the tallest peaks in the world to find Takakia, sequence its DNA for the first time, and study how climate change is impacting the moss. Their results show that Takakia is one of the fastest evolving species ever studied -- but it likely isn't evolving fast enough to survive climate change. Wed, 09 Aug 2023 13:06:17 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230809130617.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230808110928.htm A remarkable new fossil from China reveals for the first time that a group of reptiles were already using whale-like filter feeding 250 million years ago. Tue, 08 Aug 2023 11:09:28 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230808110928.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230804123707.htm A subpolar species associated with Atlantic water expanded far into the Arctic Ocean during the Last Interglacial, analysis of microfossil content of sediment cores reveals. This implies that summers in the Arctic were ice free during this period. Fri, 04 Aug 2023 12:37:07 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230804123707.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230801200756.htm Royal Ontario Museum announces the oldest swimming jellyfish in the fossil record with the newly named Burgessomedusa phasmiformis. This 505-million-year-old swimming jellyfish from the Burgess Shale highlights diversity in the Cambrian ecosystem. Tue, 01 Aug 2023 20:07:56 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230801200756.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230731110258.htm The origin of bees is tens of millions of years older than most previous estimates, a new study shows. A team led by Washington State University researchers traced the bee genealogy back more than 120 million years to an ancient supercontinent, Gondwana, which included today's continents of Africa and South America. Mon, 31 Jul 2023 11:02:58 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230731110258.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230727143911.htm Some organisms, such as tardigrades, rotifers, and nematodes, can survive harsh conditions by entering a dormant state known as 'cryptobiosis.' In 2018, researchers found two roundworms (nematode) species in the Siberian Permafrost. Radiocarbon dating indicated that the nematode individuals have remained in cryptobiosis since the late Pleistocene, about 46,000 years ago. Researchers have now used genome sequencing, assembly, and phylogenetic analysis and found that the permafrost nematode belongs to a previously undescribed species, Panagrolaimus kolymaensis. Thu, 27 Jul 2023 14:39:11 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230727143911.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230726113005.htm Researchers have described a new species of armored reptile that lived near the time of the first appearance of dinosaurs. With bony plates on its backbone, this archosaur fossil reveals that armor was a boomerang trait in the story of dinosaur and pterosaur evolution: the group's ancestors were armored, but this characteristic was lost and then independently re-evolved multiple times later among specialized dinosaurs like ankylosaurs, stegosaurs, and others. Wed, 26 Jul 2023 11:30:05 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230726113005.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230725123111.htm Miyako Islands are home to various native species of snake and lizards. How these species came to call these islands home has long puzzled scientists. A group of researchers have compiled the latest geological and biological data, proposing that an island once facilitated migration between Okinawa and Miyako Islands. Tue, 25 Jul 2023 12:31:11 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230725123111.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230725123014.htm Newly identified plant fossils found in Argentina suggest that a group of spurges long thought to have Asian origins may have first appeared in Gondwanan South America. Tue, 25 Jul 2023 12:30:14 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230725123014.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230721113246.htm An exquisitely preserved fossil forest from Japan provides missing links and helps reconstruct a whole Eurasia plant from the late Miocene epoch. Fri, 21 Jul 2023 11:32:46 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230721113246.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230721113151.htm The genetic changes that made it possible for humans to walk upright have been uncovered in a study that also shows how slight variations in skeletal proportions are linked to arthritis. Fri, 21 Jul 2023 11:31:51 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230721113151.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230720124855.htm Sabertooth cats make up a diverse group of long-toothed predators that roamed Africa around 6-7 million years ago, around the time that hominins -- the group that includes modern humans -- began to evolve. By examining one of the largest global Pliocene collections of fossils in Langebaanweg, north of Cape Town in South Africa, researchers present two new sabertooth species and the first family tree of the region's ancient sabertooths. Their results suggest that the distribution of sabertooths throughout ancient Africa might have been different than previously assumed, and the study provides important information about Africa's paleoenvironment. Thu, 20 Jul 2023 12:48:55 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230720124855.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230719112651.htm Did the pterosaurs, flying reptiles from the days of the dinosaurs, practice parental care or not? New research shows that pterosaurs were indeed caring parents -- but only the larger species. Wed, 19 Jul 2023 11:26:51 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230719112651.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230718164250.htm 科学家们描述了一个不寻常的化石从round 125 million years ago in China that shows a dramatic moment in time when a carnivorous mammal attacked a larger plant-eating dinosaur. The two animals are locked in mortal combat, and it's among the first evidence to show actual predatory behavior by a mammal on a dinosaur. The fossil's presence challenges the view that dinosaurs had few threats from their mammal contemporaries during the Cretaceous, when dinosaurs were the dominant animals. Tue, 18 Jul 2023 16:42:50 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230718164250.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230714114734.htm In an exciting scientific development, an international team of researchers have officially named a newly discovered 145-million-year-old pterosaur. The animal had enormous 2-meter wingspan and was nicknamed 'Elvis' when the fossil was first unearthed in Bavaria, Germany because of the giant pompadour-like bony crest on its skull. Now the animal has been given a formal scientific name of Petrodactyle wellnhoferi. The name translates as 'Wellnhofer's stone-finger' honouring legendary German palaeontologist Peter Wellnhofer who spent his career working on German pterosaurs. Petrodactyle is a very complete skeleton with nearly every bone preserved and in remarkable detail. Fri, 14 Jul 2023 11:47:34 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230714114734.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230712165150.htm Ice Age saber-tooth cats and dire wolves experienced a high incidence of bone disease in their joints, according to new research. Wed, 12 Jul 2023 16:51:50 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230712165150.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230711133248.htm An international team of researchers has chosen the location which best represents the beginnings of what could be a new geological epoch, the Anthropocene. The Anthropocene Working Group have put forward Crawford Lake, in Canada, as a Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the Anthropocene. A GSSP is an internationally agreed-upon reference point to show the start of a new geological period or epoch in layers of rock that have built up through the ages. Tue, 11 Jul 2023 13:32:48 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230711133248.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230711133155.htm A new study reveals the iconic extinct Megalodon, or 'megatooth shark', was a rather slow cruiser that used its warm-bloodedness to facilitate digestion and absorption of nutrients. Tue, 11 Jul 2023 13:31:55 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230711133155.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230711133147.htm Humans began altering environments long before records were kept of the things that lived in them, making it difficult for scientists to determine what healthy ecosystems should look like. Researchers show the recent fossil record preserves a reliable snapshot of marine environments as they existed before humans. Tue, 11 Jul 2023 13:31:47 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230711133147.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230710180454.htm Movement in the Earth's tectonic plates indirectly triggers bursts of biodiversity in 36 million-year cycles by forcing sea levels to rise and fall, new research has shown. Mon, 10 Jul 2023 18:04:54 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230710180454.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230710180446.htm Research shows global cooling of the climate 10 million years ago led to an explosion of diversity in terrestrial orchids. Mon, 10 Jul 2023 18:04:46 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230710180446.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230707153831.htm 灭绝矮河马,一旦在马达加斯加lived in forests rather than open grasslands preferred by common hippos on mainland Africa. The findings suggest grasslands that now cover much of the enormous island off the eastern coast of southern Africa were a relatively recent change facilitated by people rather than a natural habitat sustained in part by these famously large vegetarians. Fri, 07 Jul 2023 15:38:31 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230707153831.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230706124616.htm Researchers describe a 500 million-year-old tunicate fossil species. The study suggests that the modern tunicate body plan was already established soon after the Cambrian Explosion. Thu, 06 Jul 2023 12:46:16 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230706124616.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230705154016.htm 鸟类是唯一的恐龙,生存d the asteroid-induced mass extinction 66 million years ago. But not all the birds alive at the time made it. Why the ancestors of modern birds lived while so many of their relatives died has been a mystery that paleontologists have been trying to solve for decades. Two new studies point to one possible factor: the differences between how modern birds and their ancient cousins molt their feathers. Wed, 05 Jul 2023 15:40:16 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230705154016.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230704200703.htm Biomechanical studies on the arachnid-like front 'legs' of an extinct apex predator show that the 2-foot (60-centimeter) marine animal Anomalocaris canadensis was likely much weaker than once assumed. One of the largest animals to live during the Cambrian, it was probably agile and fast, darting after soft prey in the open water rather than pursuing hard-shelled creatures on the ocean floor. Tue, 04 Jul 2023 20:07:03 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230704200703.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230628130428.htm An international team has, for the first time, accurately determined the age of the East Anatolian fault, allowing geologists to learn more about its seismic history and tendency to produce earthquakes. Wed, 28 Jun 2023 13:04:28 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230628130428.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230627225225.htm The lower jaws of lizards, birds, fish and even dinosaurs are comprised of multiple bones per side. Yet mammals diverged from all other vertebrates and settled on just one bone, repurposing the extra bones into a more elaborate inner ear, perhaps the better to hear. The single bone per side, fused in primates into one jawbone, makes the jaw more rigid. A paleontologist asks, Did the stiffer, rigid jaw make mammals more successful? Tue, 27 Jun 2023 22:52:25 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230627225225.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230627191544.htm Scientists have filled a major gap in the state's fossil record -- describing the first known Jurassic vertebrate fossils in Texas. The weathered bone fragments are from the limbs and backbone of a plesiosaur, an extinct marine reptile. Tue, 27 Jun 2023 19:15:44 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230627191544.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230627123017.htm Scientists have been mystified as to why animals are missing in much of the fossil record. Researchers have now developed a new method to determine if animals really were absent during certain geological eras, or if they were present but too fragile to be preserved. Tue, 27 Jun 2023 12:30:17 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230627123017.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230627123015.htm A Cretaceous origin for placental mammals, the group that includes humans, dogs and bats, has been revealed by in-depth analysis of the fossil record, showing they co-existed with dinosaurs for a short time before the dinosaurs went extinct. Tue, 27 Jun 2023 12:30:15 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230627123015.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230626164301.htm 5000万年前,在现在的西北Colorado, a katydid died, sank to the bottom of a lake and was quickly buried in fine sediments, where it remained until its compressed fossil was recovered in recent years. When researchers examined the fossil under a microscope, they saw that not only had many of the insect's hard structures been preserved in the compressed shale, so had several internal organs and tissues, which are not normally fossilized. Mon, 26 Jun 2023 16:43:01 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230626164301.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230626164144.htm 如何megalodon,鲨鱼灭绝3.6吗illion years ago, stayed warm was a matter of speculation among scientists. Using an analysis of tooth fossils from the megalodon and other sharks of the same period, a study suggests the animal was able to maintain a body temperature well above the temperature of the water in which it lived. The finding could help explain why the megalodon went extinct during the Pliocene Epoch. Mon, 26 Jun 2023 16:41:44 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230626164144.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230626163847.htm Researchers have identified the oldest decisive evidence of humans' close evolutionary relatives butchering and likely eating one another. Mon, 26 Jun 2023 16:38:47 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230626163847.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230621164756.htm Fifteen years of archaeological work in the Tam Pa Ling cave in northeastern Laos has yielded a reliable chronology of early human occupation of the site. The team's excavations through the layers of sediments and bones that gradually washed into the cave and were left untouched for tens of thousands of years reveals that humans lived in the area for at least 70,000 years -- and likely even longer. Wed, 21 Jun 2023 16:47:56 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230621164756.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230621003106.htm The distant ancestors of modern horses had hooved toes instead of a single hoof, which vanished over time, according to researchers. Wed, 21 Jun 2023 00:31:06 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230621003106.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230619120145.htm In the age of dinosaurs, many marine reptiles had extremely long necks compared to reptiles today. While it was clearly a successful evolutionary strategy, paleontologists have long suspected that their long-necked bodies made them vulnerable to predators. Now, after almost 200 years of continued research, direct fossil evidence confirms this scenario for the first time in the most graphic way imaginable. Mon, 19 Jun 2023 12:01:45 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230619120145.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230616161945.htm First armoured dinosaur to be described from the Isle of Wight in 142 years, shows Ankylosaurs may have been far more diverse than originally thought Fri, 16 Jun 2023 16:19:45 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230616161945.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230616161908.htm A 3D model of a 407-million-year-old plant fossil has overturned thinking on the evolution of leaves. The research has also led to fresh insights about spectacular patterns found in plants. Fri, 16 Jun 2023 16:19:08 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230616161908.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230614220724.htm Digital modelling of legendary fossil's soft tissue suggests Australopithecus afarensis had powerful leg and pelvic muscles suited to tree dwelling, but knee muscles that allowed fully erect walking. Wed, 14 Jun 2023 22:07:24 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230614220724.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230613190828.htm Lacking bones, brains, and even a complete gut, the body plans of simple animals like sea anemones appear to have little in common with humans and their vertebrate kin. Nevertheless, new research shows that appearances can be deceiving, and that a common genetic toolkit can be deployed in different ways to drive embryological development to produce very different adult body plans. It is well established that sea anemones, corals, and their jellyfish relatives shared a common ancestor with humans that plied the Earth's ancient oceans over 600 million years ago. A new study from the Gibson Lab, published in Current Biology on June 13, 2023, illuminates the genetic basis for body plan development in the starlet sea anemone, Nematostella vectensis. This new knowledge paints a vivid picture of how some of the earliest animals on earth progressed from egg to embryo to adult. Tue, 13 Jun 2023 19:08:28 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230613190828.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230613190825.htm The first side-necked turtle ever to be found in the UK has been discovered by an amateur fossil collector and palaeontologists. Tue, 13 Jun 2023 19:08:25 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230613190825.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230613190754.htm Extinct kangaroos used alternative methods to their famous hop according to comprehensive analysis. Tue, 13 Jun 2023 19:07:54 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230613190754.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230612114643.htm The earliest reptiles, birds and mammals may have borne live young, researchers have revealed. Mon, 12 Jun 2023 11:46:43 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230612114643.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230609125712.htm Researchers have shed light on the life of the ancient reptile Rhynchosaur, which walked the earth between 250-225 million years ago, before being replaced by the dinosaurs. Fri, 09 Jun 2023 12:57:12 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230609125712.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230608195648.htm A groundbreaking new paper focuses on the size and abundance of living and fossil African large mammals, shedding light on the ecological dynamics behind the decline of these iconic creatures. The findings challenge previous assumptions about the causes of megafaunal extinctions in Africa and provide new insights into the restructuring of ecosystems over millions of years. Thu, 08 Jun 2023 19:56:48 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230608195648.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230608121013.htm Human-induced warming, largely caused by the burning of fossil fuels, reached an average of 1.14°C for the most recent decade (2013 to 2022) above pre-industrial levels. This is up from 1.07°C between 2010 and 2019. Human-induced warming is now increasing at a pace of over 0.2°C per decade. The analysis also found that greenhouse gas emissions were 'at an all-time high', with human activity resulting in the equivalent of 54 (+/-5.3) gigatonnes (or billion metric tonnes) of carbon dioxide being released into the atmosphere on average every year over the last decade (2012-2021). Given the speed at which the global climate system is changing, the scientists argue that policymakers, climate negotiators and civil society groups need to have access to up-to-date and robust scientific evidence on which to base decisions. Thu, 08 Jun 2023 12:10:13 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230608121013.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230607215807.htm A newly discovered plant-eating dinosaur may have been a species' 'last gasp' during a period when Earth's warming climate forced massive changes to global dinosaur populations. Wed, 07 Jun 2023 21:58:07 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230607215807.htm