[USA] Virginia Tech paleobiologist Dr. Shuhai Xiao and post-doctoral fellow Dr. Qing Tang at the Virginia Tech Department of Continue reading One-billion-year-old algae fossils discovered by Virginia Tech paleontologists
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Billion-year-old green algae is an ancestor of all plants on Earth
[Global] The oldest green seaweed on record, the ancestor of all land plants, lived about 1 billion years ago, a new study finds. Continue reading Billion-year-old green algae is an ancestor of all plants on Earth
Fossil algae reveal 500 million years of climate change
[Netherlands] Earth scientists are able to travel far back in time to reconstruct the geological past and paleoclimate to make better Continue reading Fossil algae reveal 500 million years of climate change
Pricing carbon key to reducing fossil fuels and suppressing toxic algae
[Global] The Scientific Perspective, “Researchers: Warming drives toxic algae,” in Wednesday’s Sentinel provides more warning about Continue reading Pricing carbon key to reducing fossil fuels and suppressing toxic algae
First an alga, then a squid, enigmatic fossil is actually a fish
[USA] A fossil slab discovered in Kansas 70 years ago and twice misidentified — first as a green alga and then as a cephalopod — has Continue reading First an alga, then a squid, enigmatic fossil is actually a fish
Origins of photosynthesis in plants dated to 1.25 billion years ago
[Global] The world’s oldest algae fossils are a billion years old, according to a new analysis by earth scientists at McGill University. Continue reading Origins of photosynthesis in plants dated to 1.25 billion years ago
Did tiny algae fell mighty dinosaurs?
[Global] Seventy million years ago, they all came to drink in the rapidly drying river: long-necked sauropods, fierce theropods, Continue reading Did tiny algae fell mighty dinosaurs?
Secret to cell size found in group underpinning world’s biggest food producer
[UK] A gene controlling cell size has been identified in a microalgal group which underpins a fifth of the world’s food chains. Continue reading Secret to cell size found in group underpinning world’s biggest food producer
600 million-year-old fossils thought to be the world’s earliest animals could simply be ALGAE
[China, UK] Ancient fossils that date back around 600 million years, were thought to be some of the world’s earliest examples of animal Continue reading 600 million-year-old fossils thought to be the world’s earliest animals could simply be ALGAE
1.6 billion year old algae rejuvenate Indian geologist’s once-bunked ideas
[India, Sweden, Global] The Proterozoic Vindhyan sedimentary basin in central India contains sediments ranging in age from 1.7 billion years Continue reading 1.6 billion year old algae rejuvenate Indian geologist’s once-bunked ideas