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Is that turtle legal? Fighting wildlife trafficking with stable isotopes

Wildlife trafficking endangers biodiversity by removing animals from wild populations for the illegal pet trade. Many traffickers try to avoid prosecution by falsely claiming...

Ancient global ocean on Mars may have come from carbon-rich chondrite meteorites from the outer solar system

According to new research published in Science Advances, the bombardment of Mars by a specific type of meteorite carried a large volume of water...

Curiosity rover discovered carbon which yield clues to ancient Mars

NASA's Curiosity rover has landed on Mars on 2012. It has roamed Gale Crater and took samples. Then sent the results back home for...

Footprints claimed as evidence of ice age humans in North America need better dating, new research claims

The footprints were discovered in an ancient lakebed alongside evidence of giant sloths and mammoths. The study concluded that they were the "earliest unequivocal...

Little Ice Age study reveals North Atlantic reached tipping point

Scientists used centuries-old clam shells to reconstruct how the North Atlantic climate system reached a "tipping point" prior to the Little Ice Age. The Little...

The study indicates a link between climate fluctuations and mass extinction

Researchers studying rocks in India discovered chemical evidence of a series of rapid climate fluctuations during the greatest known mass extinction event, which occurred...

The new model shows Earth’s deep mantle was drier from the start

The Earth's mantle is a thick layer of silicate rock that lies between the crust and the molten core, accounting for approximately 84 percent...

Unraveling a meteorite mystery reveals the solar system origin story

According to new research published in The Astrophysical Journal by Carnegie's Alan Boss, the violent event that likely preceded the formation of our solar...

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