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World's longest sauropod dinosaur trackway brought to light
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Earth

World's longest sauropod dinosaur trackway brought to light

In 2009, the world's largest dinosaur tracks were discovered in the French village of Plagne, in the Jura Mountains. Since then, a series of…

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Space

MATISSE to shed light on the formation of Earth and planets

The MATISSE instrument is ready to be sent to Chile, where in the next few weeks it will be installed on the Very Large Telescope (VLT), the world's…

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Brooding dinosaurs
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Life
Earth

Brooding dinosaurs

A new method used to perform geochemical analysis of fossilized eggs from China has shown that oviraptorosaurs incubated their eggs with their bodies…

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Does global warming threaten the gut microbiota ?
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Environment
Earth

Does global warming threaten the gut microbiota?

The deleterious effects of climate change on bacterial species composing the gut microbiota of a lizard have been demonstrated by researchers…

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Risk of rapid North Atlantic cooling in 21st century greater than previously estimated
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Earth

Risk of rapid North Atlantic cooling in 21st century greater than previously estimated

The possibility of major climate change in the Atlantic region has long been recognized and has even been the subject of a Hollywood movie: The…

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Environment
Earth

Atmospheric methane concentrations are rising faster since 2007

An international group of researchers led by LSCE (CEA-CNRS-UVSQ) has published a thorough budget of methane sources and sinks over the last…

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Marine sediments record variations in the Earth's magnetic field
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Earth

Marine sediments record variations in the Earth's magnetic field

Past variations in the strength of the Earth's magnetic field are reflected by the production of isotopes in the atmosphere. Researchers from the…

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Subduction zone geometry : a mega-earthquake risk indicator
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Earth

Subduction zone geometry: a mega-earthquake risk indicator

Mega-earthquakes (with a magnitude greater than 8.5) mainly occur on subduction faults where one tectonic plate passes under another. But the…

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Chicxulub : a unique crater to elucidate planetary surfaces
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Chicxulub: a unique crater to elucidate planetary surfaces

The fall of an asteroid in the Yucatán Peninsula (Mexico) 66 million years ago is believed to have caused the extinction of dinosaurs. It also…

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Searching for the world's oldest ice
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Environment
Earth

Searching for the world's oldest ice

Why did the rhythm of glaciations suddenly slow down about a million years ago? To answer this question and to better forecast future climate change,…

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