One clue that could unlock this discovery which scientists are looking for are signs of a Phanerozoic stage on a planet which would allow creatures like dinosaurs to evolve. The study's lead ...

The plate tectonics theory established in the 20th century has been successful in interpreting many geological phenomena, ...

While the “greenhouse” worlds of the Archean, Proterozoic, and much of the Phanerozoic may seem foreign in many ways, these times do reveal Earth’s full spectrum of known climate possibilities.

It lasted a long time, nearly 80 million years, making it the longest geological period of the Phanerozoic Eon, which began some 539 million years ago. The Cretaceous is split into two smaller time ...

Up until about 600 million years ago, life consisted of single-celled organisms. The history of biodiversity during the Phanerozoic era (the past 540 million years) begins with the rapid growth of the ...

Critics of EVs say they don’t suit high mileages. A 330-mile trip to the mountains and desert of Morocco might put them in ...

The Proterozoic eon was the gathering up of oxygen in Earth's atmosphere, and the Phanerozoic eon coincides with the major diversification of animals, plants, and fungi.

They have been found in Phanerozoic marine sediments around the globe. We have set out on an ambitious programme to develop a new collections, science and digitisation centre. As we prepare for the ...

Sir, – I see that us humans are now in the Meghalayan Age of the Holocene Epoch of the Quaternary Period of the Cenozoic Era of the Phanerozoic Eon (“The Irish Times view on the Anthropocene ...

The programme operates by providing seed funding grants donated by UNESCO, IUGS, and extra-budgetary sources. IGCP projects primarily deal with geosciences on global issues related to five themes: ...

The man with the camel is doing his best to appear as though he’s not looking. Of course, he is looking. I, for my part, am doing my best to seem as though I’m not looking, either. But I am.