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Nations backing fossil fuel exit 'a new power': conference host Colombia
9+ hour, 5+ min ago (101+ words) Caledonian Record Colombia is hosting the first global conference on the transition away from fossil fuels in the coastal city of Santa Marta. Around 60 nations are attending a world-first conference in Colombia to tackle an issue that has deadlocked the…...
World's oldest crocodile fossil discovered during walk on beach
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (83+ words) Caledonian Record Amateur fossil hunter Heather Salt holding the world's oldest crocodile fossil. (Lyme Regis Museum via SWNS) The world's oldest crocodile fossil has been found during a walk on the Jurassic Coast. Amateur fossil hunter Heather Salt discovered the…...
Money, lobbyists, inertia: why fossil fuels are so hard to quit
1+ week, 12+ hour ago (103+ words) Caledonian Record More than 190 countries agreed to transition away fromfossilfuelsat the COP28 meeting in Dubai in 2023, but little progress has been made on the issue since then When the international community agreed to transition away from fossil fuels at the 2023 COP28 global…...
Ancient "octopus" fossil is actually a different species
2+ week, 4+ day ago (72+ words) Caledonian Record The fossil is actually a species related to a modern Nautilus, a multi-tentacled animal with an external shell. (Dr. Thomas Clements via SWNS) A 300-million-year-old fossil hailed as the world's oldest "octopus" has turned out to be something…...
What Climate Science Tells Us" - John Mc Claughry
3+ week, 6+ day ago (82+ words) Caledonian Record "What Climate Science Tells Us" Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings. There was a problem reporting this. Keep it Clean. Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd,…...
In sea-change, UK may abandon homes to coastal erosion
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (138+ words) In an English seaside village, researchers are mulling abandoning traditional sea defences against coastal erosion in favour of a 'managed retreat' The UK's Environment Agency has determined some communities on the soft, sandy eastern English coast -- among the fastest-eroding in…...
Teeny tiny fossil reveals clues about evolution of primates
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (385+ words) Caledonian Record Tiny fossill of purgatorius upper molar from Corral Bluffs in Denver. (Dr. Stephen Chester via SWNS) Illustration of a Purgatorius. (Andrey Atuchin via SWNS) Brooklyn College Undergraduate Research assistants. (Dr. Stephen Chester via SWNS) DMNS interns and volunteers....
Greenpeace slams fossil fuel sponsors for Winter Olympics
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (414+ words) Caledonian Record Greenpeace said fossil fuel emissions were threatening winter sports Greenpeace activists staged a protest in Milan on Thursday against the sponsorship of the Milan-Cortina Olympics by energy giant Eni, warning that fossil fuel emissions were threatening the viability…...
Fear in Sicilian town as vast landslide risks widening
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (105+ words) More than 1, 000 people were evacuated from Niscemi in Sicily after a four-kilometre (2. 5-mile) section of cliff crumbled during a storm on Sunday The Italian authorities are assessing whether people can return to their homes Parts of Niscemi have been declared…...
Scientists find 74-million-year-old mammal fossil in Chile
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (103+ words) This illustration by Mauricio Alvarez depicts 'Yeutherium pressor,' a tiny mammal that lived in the time of the dinosaurs in what is now southern Chile The fossil was discovered in the Rio de Las Chinas Valley in the Magallanes region…...