• NEW YORK (AP) - Yelling that the future and their lives depend on ending fossil fuels, tens of thousands of protesters on Sunday kicked off a week where leaders will try once again to curb climate change primarily caused by coal, oil and natural gas. (springfieldnewssun.com)
  • If you want to win in 2024, if you do not want the blood of my generation to be on your hands, end fossil fuels. (springfieldnewssun.com)
  • The March to End Fossil Fuels featured such politicians as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and actors Susan Sarandon, Ethan Hawke, Edward Norton, Kyra Sedgewick and Kevin Bacon. (springfieldnewssun.com)
  • This protest was far more focused on fossil fuels and the industry than previous marches. (springfieldnewssun.com)
  • Protest organizers emphasized how let down they felt that Biden, who many of them supported in 2020, has overseen increased drilling for oil and fossil fuels. (springfieldnewssun.com)
  • If you don't stop fossil fuels our blood is on your hands. (springfieldnewssun.com)
  • You need to phase out fossil fuels to survive our planet," said Jean Su, a march organizer and energy justice director for the Center for Biological Diversity. (springfieldnewssun.com)
  • Signs included "Even Santa Knows Coal is Bad" and "Fossil fuels are killing us" and "I want a fossil free future" and "keep it in the ground. (springfieldnewssun.com)
  • The elephant is that fossil fuels are responsible for the crisis. (springfieldnewssun.com)
  • Thousands of activists, indigenous groups, students and others take to the streets of New York for the March to End Fossil Fuels protest on Sunday, Sept. 17, 2023 in New York. (wskg.org)
  • It's actually seeking the end of fossil fuels. (wskg.org)
  • Burning fossil fuels like coal, oil and natural gas remains the primary driver of global warming. (wskg.org)
  • Guterres has said only countries that present credible new plans - including the phase-out of fossil fuels - will be invited to participate. (wskg.org)
  • Activists hope the summit will shine a spotlight on the role of fossil fuels, Su said. (wskg.org)
  • Climate activists march protesting energy policies and the use of fossil fuels, in New York, Sunday, Sept. 17, 2023. (wtnh.com)
  • The rally, dubbed the March to End Fossil Fuels, was the opening salvo to New York's Climate Week, where world leaders in business, politics and the arts gather to try to save the planet. (banglanews24.com)
  • Achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050 - another Paris goal - will also require phasing out the burning of all fossil fuels whose emissions cannot be captured or compensated. (banglanews24.com)
  • While Biden has made a historic push for green manufacturing, offering billions of dollars for clean energy projects, some young activists say he has not acted forcefully enough to lead the US off dependence on fossil fuels. (banglanews24.com)
  • And the march, unlike others, was more clearly focused on fossil fuels. (indiatimes.com)
  • Since 2014, Germany Chemical and Petrochemical Sector Final Consumption of Solid Fossil Fuels fell by 4.8% year on year. (nationmaster.com)
  • At 784.42 Thousand Metric Tons in 2019, the country was ranked number 3 among other countries in Chemical and Petrochemical Sector Final Consumption of Solid Fossil Fuels. (nationmaster.com)
  • How does Germany rank in Chemical and Petrochemical Sector Final Consumption of Solid Fossil Fuels? (nationmaster.com)
  • If you don't stop fossil fuels our blood is on your hands. (erienewsnow.com)
  • How science textbooks in Texas address climate change is at the center of a key vote expected Friday, Nov. 17, 2023 after some Republican education officials criticized books for being too negative toward fossil fuels in America's biggest oil and gas state. (wavy.com)
  • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas' education board approved new science textbooks Friday but called on some publishers to remove material that some Republicans criticized as incorrect or negative portrayals of fossil fuels in the U.S.'s biggest oil and gas state. (wavy.com)
  • Four publishers had books moved to the approved list, some with the conditions that changes be made to the content regarding topics that included energy, fossil fuels and evolution. (wavy.com)
  • Some Republicans on the 15-member board this week waved off current textbook options as too negative toward fossil fuels and failing to include alternatives to evolution. (wavy.com)
  • One of Texas' regulators of the oil and gas industry, Republican Wayne Christian, had urged the board to choose books promoting the importance of fossil fuels for energy promotion. (wavy.com)
  • Scientists overwhelmingly agree that heat-trapping gases released from the combustion of fossil fuels are pushing up global temperatures, upending weather patterns and endangering animal species. (wavy.com)
  • Tens of thousands of climate activists around the world are set to march, chant and protest Friday to call for an end to the burning of planet-warming fossil fuels as the globe continues to suffer dramatic weather extremes and topple heat records. (ksnt.com)
  • Tens of thousands of climate activists around the world launched protests Friday to call for an end to the burning of planet-warming fossil fuels as the globe suffers dramatic weather extremes and record-breaking heat, with plans to continue through the weekend. (ksnt.com)
  • In Quezon City in the Philippines, activists lay in front of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in protest, and held signs demanding fossil fuels - from coal to natural gas - be phased out. (ksnt.com)
  • And in Democratic Republic of the Congo, dozens joined a protest march through the city of Goma, shouting slogans and waving banners and placards calling for an end to corporate control of fossil fuels. (ksnt.com)
  • Can the Balkans steer away from fossil fuels? (euronews.com)
  • The initiatives are important steps for a region where many areas remain reliant on fossil fuels. (euronews.com)
  • In less than two years, the French-owned Voltalia company has built the largest solar-powered plant in the Western Balkans, where much of the region remains reliant on fossil fuels including coal. (euronews.com)
  • The movement to divest from fossil fuels and invest in renewable energy and climate solutions has exploded, growing 50-fold in just one year and topping $2.6 trillion (£1.68tn), according to a new analysis released today. (blueandgreentomorrow.com)
  • More than 400 institutions and 2,000 individuals have pledged to divest from fossil fuels, the report from Arabella Advisors found. (blueandgreentomorrow.com)
  • Climate change is severely impacting the health of our planet and all of its inhabitants, and we must transition to a clean energy economy that does not rely on fossil fuels, the main driver of this global problem," said actor and environmentalist Leonardo DiCaprio, who announced his commitment today. (blueandgreentomorrow.com)
  • After looking into the growing movement to divest from fossil fuels and invest in climate solutions, I was convinced to make the pledge on behalf of myself and the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation. (blueandgreentomorrow.com)
  • The United Nations climate chief has been advocating for the shift of investment flows from fossil fuels to climate solutions to meet the $1-trillion-a-year need for clean energy investment-and to create momentum ahead of the upcoming international climate negotiations in Paris this December. (blueandgreentomorrow.com)
  • The longer we remain addicted to fossil fuels, the longer we commit ourselves to mutual decline,' Tuvaluan Prime Minister Kausea Natano said at the U.N. Climate Ambition Summit. (commondreams.org)
  • one way to achieve this transition is by cutting cash flow to fossil fuel companies, e.g., divesting from fossil fuels personally, in pension plans, and in professional organizational investments. (kevinmd.com)
  • Mining, transporting, and burning fossil fuels emit GHGs, such as CO2 and methane, which are the major causes of global heating and climate change. (kevinmd.com)
  • We marched fists up, 75,000 strong for climate justice at the March to End Fossil Fuels! (cpusa.org)
  • Activists from many different peace organizations, including CPUSA, were there to point out the elephant in the room - that the U.S. military is the single largest institutional emitter of fossil fuels in the world. (cpusa.org)
  • While marching ahead of the UN summit to put pressure on national leaders to end fossil fuels and cut the military budget (and pointing toward the 2024 elections), CP members also issued a call to join another important meeting taking place in NYC in November - a conference to help build a broad, working-class-led peace movement in the U.S . (cpusa.org)
  • Tens of thousands of climate activists from around the world took part in protests calling for an end to the burning of fossil fuels due to the damaging effects of climate change. (democracynewslive.com)
  • Over 6200 emails have been sent to the European Bank for Reconstruction Development (EBRD) calling for its next energy policy to end financing for fossil fuels and step up investments in the energy transition. (bankwatch.org)
  • But we're currently mining billions of tonnes of fossil fuels every year. (sustainabilitybynumbers.com)
  • Until we compare it to what we're moving away from: fossil fuels. (sustainabilitybynumbers.com)
  • But even this underestimates the differences in these quantities: the numbers for fossil fuels are the amount we need every year because they're the 'running' costs. (sustainabilitybynumbers.com)
  • On some metrics, per tonne impacts of fossil fuels will be worse. (sustainabilitybynumbers.com)
  • What they're forgetting is that fossil fuels kill millions every year from air pollution. (sustainabilitybynumbers.com)
  • It was during this experimentation phase, chemists started working with fossil fuels to create plastics. (earthday.org)
  • Seeking methods to create newer and cheaper plastic, manufacturers began to rely on fossil fuels to make their products. (earthday.org)
  • So how exactly does this connect to fossil fuels? (earthday.org)
  • Globally fossil fuels are most commonly used to generate electricity and fuel transportation. (earthday.org)
  • However, in recent years the world has begun a clean energy transition , encouraging many people to abandon fossil fuels for more eco-friendly power sources such as solar and wind power. (earthday.org)
  • As fossil fuel industries reckon with changes in consumer demands, they will continue to lean heavily on the development of fossil fuels into petrochemicals and fossil hydrocarbons for plastic manufacturing. (earthday.org)
  • Over 99% of plastic is made from chemicals sourced from fossil fuels. (earthday.org)
  • Fossil fuels account for over 75% of all greenhouse gas emissions, meaning fossil fuel generated plastics are directly tied to increases in greenhouse gas emissions annually. (earthday.org)
  • Fossil fuels disguised as plastics can be found everywhere in our lives. (earthday.org)
  • Microplastics release the toxic chemicals housed in fossil fuels into the environments around them. (earthday.org)
  • Naphthalene and methylnaphthalenes occur naturally in fossil fuels such as petroleum and coal, and are produced when organic materials (e.g., fossil fuels, wood, tobacco) are burned. (cdc.gov)
  • These figures reflect estimates that most naphthalene entering the environment is discharged to the air, with the largest releases associated with the combustion of plant material and fossil fuels and volatilization from naphthalene- containing consumer products. (cdc.gov)
  • These could easily be weighed up against the fact that we would not have to pay for imported fossil fuels. (lu.se)
  • The sources of air pollution (combustion of fossil fuels and biomass) are also sources of greenhouse gases. (who.int)
  • When we use the slow carbon (fossil fuels) quickly, we throw off the balance and increase the carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. (lu.se)
  • Biomass is a renewable source of raw material, as we can always grow more, unlike commonly used fossil fuels. (lu.se)
  • There is no fee to visit Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument. (nps.gov)
  • In Stone Age Mongolia, local peoples fashioned fossil dinosaur eggshell into jewelry. (wikipedia.org)
  • In 1859, the first scientifically documented dinosaur egg fossils were discovered in southern France by a Catholic priest and amateur naturalist named Father Jean-Jacques Poech, however he thought they were laid by giant birds. (wikipedia.org)
  • The first scientifically recognized dinosaur egg fossils were discovered serendipitously in 1923 by an American Museum of Natural History crew while looking for evidence of early humans in Mongolia. (wikipedia.org)
  • Late Paleolithic to early Neolithic Mongolians fashioned fossil dinosaur eggshell into jewelry. (wikipedia.org)
  • These "clamshell" fossils were actually the first dinosaur eggshell collected by scientists in the United States. (wikipedia.org)
  • However it is resolved by recognizing that the only unknown variable is the age of the dinosaur fossils that contain the proteins: that assumed date is WRONG. (evolutionisamyth.com)
  • 1 We do see remarkable and exceptional preservation of creatures, both of this fossil and increasing numbers of soft tissue ensconced within dinosaur fossils. (icr.org)
  • Paleontologists recently discovered the partial fossils of two new species of dinosaur just outside of Casablanca. (icr.org)
  • These recently extinct fossil species not only show that biodiversity was even greater in the very recent past, but that the two that became extinct just a few thousand years ago were giants among rodents, both weighing more than two pounds. (sciencedaily.com)
  • We have had evidence of extinct large mammals on the Philippine island of Luzon for a long time, but there has been virtually no information about fossils of smaller-sized mammals. (sciencedaily.com)
  • One of the finest examples of such fossils includes a Cretaceous-era octopus of the extinct genus Keuppia unearthed in Lebanon, estimated to be at least 94 million years old. (le.ac.uk)
  • These fossils, from the Kapthurin Formation, Kenya, show that representatives of Pan were present in the East African Rift Valley during the Middle Pleistocene, where they were contemporary with an extinct species of Homo . (nature.com)
  • Analytical Chemistry, isolated fragments of eight (various) proteins from fossils of dinosaurs and extinct birds, including hemoglobin in blood, the cytoskeletal protein actin, and histones that help pack-age DNA. (evolutionisamyth.com)
  • All of the fossils at Hagerman are from the Pliocene Epoch (4 to 3 million years ago), long after the last dinosaurs went extinct. (nps.gov)
  • Fossils found here belong to extinct horses, ground sloths, mastodons, saber-toothed cats, and about 140 other species. (nps.gov)
  • Once the database is more extensive, however, scientists will be able to conduct their evaluations using fossil replicas they printed themselves. (theverge.com)
  • Scientists have discovered the fossils of three new species of giant cloud rats that lived alongside ancient humans in the Philippines. (sciencedaily.com)
  • And, it turns out, we have new evidence that they've been living in the Philippines for a long time -- scientists have discovered the fossils of three new species of giant cloud rats that lived alongside ancient humans. (sciencedaily.com)
  • At the outset of the study, Ochoa was examining the fossil assemblages from caves in the Callao limestone formation, where a couple of years ago, scientists discovered the remains of an ancient species of humans, Homo luzonensis. (sciencedaily.com)
  • New research at the University of Leicester has transformed scientists' understanding of how spectacular fossils with delicate soft tissues form. (le.ac.uk)
  • The fossil discovery was made by scientists at the University of New South Wales, who found what they believe to be evidence of early life in 3.48 billion-year-old hot spring deposits in the Pilbara. (abovetopsecret.com)
  • The only thing this fossil find tells scientists is this is a katydid just like the kind we find today. (icr.org)
  • It's been designed to include fossils that are known as 'type specimens' - valuable samples that are deemed representative of an entire species. (theverge.com)
  • When a researcher is examining a new fossil discovery that they suspect might be of a certain species, they can refer back to this type specimen for confirmation. (theverge.com)
  • Together, the 3 families contain thousands of modern species. (nps.gov)
  • Their incredible diversity is still being processed, which makes the classification and description of fossil species difficult. (nps.gov)
  • We were looking at the fossil assemblages associated with that hominin, and we found teeth and fragments of bone that ended up belonging to these new species of cloud rats," says Ochoa. (sciencedaily.com)
  • When we began to analyze the fossil material, we were expecting fossil records for known living species. (sciencedaily.com)
  • By comparing the fossils to the 18 living species of giant cloud rats, the researchers have a decent idea of what these three new fossil species would have looked like. (sciencedaily.com)
  • The newly recorded fossil species came from Callao Cave, where Homo luzonensis was discovered in 2019, and several adjacent smaller caves in Penablanca, Cagayan Province. (sciencedaily.com)
  • No one knows when ergot fungus first attacked grass, but both fossils discovered inside the amber resemble modern species, Poinar said. (livescience.com)
  • Obviously, having a fossil species of a modern genus is really significant because it confirms the antiquity of this lineage,' [Prairie Research Institute paleoentomologist Sam] Heads said. (icr.org)
  • A negotiated fossil fuel nonproliferation treaty would complement the Paris agreement and ensure a global just transition. (commondreams.org)
  • Unveiled earlier this week, the database is being billed as the world's first 3D fossil repository. (theverge.com)
  • The pace of fossil fuel divestment within faith communities worldwide, combined with the growing commitment to investing in clean energy, particularly for the world's poor, show that the world's spiritual and moral leaders grasp the urgency of the climate crisis and are ready to act. (blueandgreentomorrow.com)
  • Currently the world's top 7 plastic producing companies by volume are all fossil fuel companies. (earthday.org)
  • The freshly dated fossils also belong to the genus Australopithecus, an ancient hominin that was initially thought to live 2 million to 2.6 million years ago. (nbc-2.com)
  • Chimpanzee populations today are confined to wooded West and central Africa, whereas most hominin fossil sites occur in the semi-arid East African Rift Valley. (nature.com)
  • 3 Interestingly, original soft tissue has been found in none other than a Green River Formation fossil. (icr.org)
  • Thomas, B. Green River Formation Fossil Has Original Soft Tissue . (icr.org)
  • US coal giant Peabody Energy also paid tens of thousands of dollars to an academic who produced coal-friendly research and provided testimony at state and federal climate hearings, the amount of which was never revealed. (theecologist.org)
  • Reporters approached the academics claiming to be representatives of unnamed fossil fuel companies - one, a Middle Eastern oil and gas exploration company, the other a coal mining firm based in Indonesia - looking to commission "independent" research. (theecologist.org)
  • Professor Frank Clemente, a sociologist from Penn State university, was asked if he could produce a report "to counter damaging research linking coal to premature deaths (in particular the World Health Organization's figure that 3.7 million people die per year from fossil fuel pollution)" . (theecologist.org)
  • This timeline of egg fossils research is a chronologically ordered list of important discoveries, controversies of interpretation, taxonomic revisions, and cultural portrayals of egg fossils. (wikipedia.org)
  • Recent financial analyses from HSBC, Citigroup, Mercer, Bank of England and the International Energy Agency all indicate a significant, quantifiable risk to portfolios exposed to fossil fuel assets. (blueandgreentomorrow.com)
  • Protesters are calling on Biden to stop federal approvals of new fossil fuel projects, phase out oil and gas drilling on public lands, and declare climate change a national emergency. (wskg.org)
  • In Vienna, several thousand protesters marched and held up signs demanding higher taxes for carbon emissions and an end to meat consumption. (democracynewslive.com)
  • The government of Tuvalu is working with neighbors Vanuatu, Fiji, Tonga, the Solomon Islands, and the self-governing New Zealand territory of Niue-all signatories to the Port Vila Call , a framework to a just transition to a fossil-free Pacific-and global partners to draft a FFNPT. (commondreams.org)
  • Gervais examined thin sections of the shell fossils and compared them with similar thin sections of eggs laid by modern birds and reptiles. (wikipedia.org)
  • Humans have encountered egg fossils for thousands of years. (wikipedia.org)
  • This is not a new process - humans have used microorganisms such as yeast for thousands of years in order to produce bread, cheese, beer, and wine. (lu.se)
  • To double-check his analysis, Heads dissected several katydid specimens of the same genus [ Arethaea ] to match what he was seeing in the fossil. (icr.org)
  • While still preparing for a potential U.S. Supreme Court battle, lawyers representing youth climate activists are shifting to a new strategy for the landmark Juliana v. United States case against the federal government with a motion to amend the complaint to seek a ruling that the nation's fossil fuel-based energy system is unconstitutional. (commondreams.org)
  • Tens of thousands of climate activists worldwide demand an end to fossil fuel burning, with protests in multiple countries led by youth groups and prominent activists like Greta Thunberg. (democracynewslive.com)
  • While most fossils are 'hard' tissues, such as bone, shells or teeth, some rare sites around the world had unique conditions which allowed minerals to fossilise soft parts such skin, muscles and other organs - even the fragile eyeballs of some ancient creatures. (le.ac.uk)
  • ANCIENT fossil evidence discovered in Western Australia could dramatically change our understanding of how life began on Earth, vindicate a discarded 19th century theory by Charles Darwin and boost chances we find alien life of Mars. (abovetopsecret.com)
  • Ancient'' Katydid Fossil is. (icr.org)
  • Yates, D. Ancient katydid fossil reveals muscles, digestive tract, glands and a testicle . (icr.org)
  • Time-structured palaeodata from geologically young fossil records, such as fossil counts and particularly ancient DNA (aDNA) data, would help fill this large knowledge gap. (bvsalud.org)
  • Once I visited and began reading about the Hagerman Fossil Beds, a national monument for which 4,394 acres have been set aside, I realized I would need to approach the place with eyes willing to see what was both visible and not, as the sediments at Hagerman preserve an abundance of fauna from the late Pliocene era. (poets.org)
  • 50 million years ago in what is now northwestern Colorado, a katydid died, sank to the bottom of a lake and was quickly buried in fine sediments, where it remained until its compressed fossil was recovered in recent years. (icr.org)
  • Here, we show for the first time that fish fossils from tropical lake sediments yield endogenous aDNA. (bvsalud.org)
  • In fact, the Hagerman horse (Idaho's state fossil) was found to resemble Africa's native Grévy's zebra more than any North American horse. (poets.org)
  • Hundreds of Australopithecus fossils have been found there since, including the famous Little Foot, who lived 3.67 million years ago. (nbc-2.com)
  • People have looked at the animal fossils found near them and compared the ages of cave features like flowstones and gotten a range of different dates. (nbc-2.com)
  • Freshwater seed shrimp (Ostracoda) are the most common arthropod fossil found in the Fossil Butte Member (FBM). (nps.gov)
  • Fossils of stonefly nymphs have been found in the FBM. (nps.gov)
  • Eggshell fossils were found associated with the remains. (wikipedia.org)
  • 1913 While prospecting on the Blackfoot Reservation of northern Montana on behalf of the National Museum of Natural History, Charles W. Gilmore found a deposit of apparent freshwater clam fossils. (wikipedia.org)
  • 1923 13 July: Over dinner, Central Asiatic Expedition member George Olsen claimed to have found fossil eggs. (wikipedia.org)
  • The hints that dinos got high come from the first amber fossil ever found of ergot, a grass parasite that can have poisonous and mind-altering effects on animals that nibble the dark fungi. (livescience.com)
  • The oldest grass fossil ever found is about 100 million years old. (livescience.com)
  • Indeed, the Colorado Formation, where the fossil katydid (family Tettigoniidae) was found, is part of the famous Green River Formation that also extends into Wyoming and Utah. (icr.org)
  • After spending an entire year digitizing a selection of those specimens, using little more than an SLR camera and a laser scanner, several thousand are now available to view online. (theverge.com)
  • Deep-Sea Vents - Life Without Sunlight shows films from research expeditions to ocean floors, several thousand metres under water. (lu.se)
  • The presence of nymph specimens indicate Fossil Lake was a freshwater lake. (nps.gov)
  • As heads of climate-wrecking nations like the United States, China, and Britain declined to attend Wednesday's United Nations Climate Ambition Summit in New York, leaders of Pacific island and other Global South countries renewed the push for a fossil fuel nonproliferation treaty. (commondreams.org)
  • This climate crisis is a fossil fuel crisis,' Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom said at Wednesday's summit. (commondreams.org)
  • Stories like this influenced the Navajos to fear large fossil bones, which they felt shouldn't be disturbed, because doing so might awaken the enraged ghosts of the Water Monsters, who might resume their rampage with apocalyptic results. (wikipedia.org)
  • The reason is probably that research had focused on open-air sites where the large fossil mammal faunas were known to have been preserved, rather than the careful sieving of cave deposits that preserve a broader size-range of vertebrates including the teeth and bones of rodents," says Janine Ochoa, an Assistant Professor of Archaeology at the University of the Philippines -- Diliman and the study's lead author. (sciencedaily.com)
  • In 2000, estimates of commercial production of naphthalene in Japan, Western Europe, and the United States were 179, 205, and 107 thousand tonnes. (cdc.gov)
  • Using the table below, you can analyze Fossil Group, Inc.'s Android apps and games. (appbrain.com)
  • A typical museum will have thousands of specimens, but most of them are tucked away in drawers,' he said. (theverge.com)
  • Spiders are very uncommon fossil specimens in the FBM. (nps.gov)
  • When researchers examined the fossil under a microscope, they saw that not only had many of the insect's hard structures been preserved in the compressed shale, so had several internal organs and tissues, which are not normally fossilized. (icr.org)
  • Organizers hoped Sunday's march would be the biggest climate protest in the U.S. since the 2019 strike, which brought tens of thousands of people into the streets in Manhattan while millions more marched worldwide . (wskg.org)
  • Thousands of Uber drivers around the world plan to protest for better working conditions on Wednesday, May 8, ahead of the company's hotly anticipated IPO on Friday, which is slated to be one of the largest in recent history at an estimated $90 billion valuation . (vox.com)
  • This timeline shows the activity of Fossil Group, Inc. over time. (appbrain.com)
  • Because AppBrain tracks all apps on Google Play in regular intervals, we're able to provide you with a detailed timeline of what actions Fossil Group, Inc. took on Google Play. (appbrain.com)
  • The timeline below shows when Fossil Group, Inc. developed and launched a new Android app or game, and every update to their apps. (appbrain.com)
  • Unlike fossil vertebrates (animals with a backbone), their skeletons are not visible beneath the rock. (nps.gov)
  • The importance of the Sterkfontein Caves came to light in 1936, when the discovery of the first adult Australopithecus fossil was made by paleontologist Dr. Robert Broom. (nbc-2.com)
  • In 1975 Chinese paleontologist Zhao Zi-Kui started a revolution in fossil egg classification by developing a system of "parataxonomy" based on the traditional Linnaean system to classify eggs based on their physical qualities rather than their hypothesized mothers. (wikipedia.org)
  • Fine particle air pollution (PM10 and PM2.5) travels thousands of kilometers and does not respect national boundaries, with pollution produced in one country potentially affecting others. (who.int)
  • Tens of thousands of people have rallied in the US city of New York, calling for urgent action against climate change ahead of the opening of the United Nations General Assembly. (banglanews24.com)
  • That might make for a more appealing exhibit to the public, but it also means that very few people are ever able to see these incredible fossils. (theverge.com)
  • Located on 200 hectares of land provided by the Albanian government, the plant will be able to generate 140 megawatts, powering hundreds of thousands of homes in the country of 2.8 million people. (euronews.com)
  • LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) - Toxic gray smog has sickened tens of thousands of people in Pakistan's cultural capital of Lahore, forcing authorities to shut schools, markets and parks for four days, officials said Thursday. (khon2.com)
  • Wearing of marks and staying at home are the two easiest solutions to avoid getting rushed to hospitals with respiratory-related diseases, infections in eyes and skin diseases," said Salman Kazmi, a doctor at Lahore's main Mayo Hospital, where thousands of people were treated for such ailments this week. (khon2.com)
  • In response to a request for comment about the strike, an Uber spokesperson sent the following statement: "Drivers are at the heart of our service ─ we can't succeed without them ─ and thousands of people come into work at Uber every day focused on how to make their experience better, on and off the road. (vox.com)
  • Similar protests took place in Germany, with thousands of people gathering at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin and marching through the city's government district. (democracynewslive.com)
  • It claims the lives of hundreds of people every year and makes thousands more ill. (cdc.gov)
  • In the Americas, fossil eggs may have inspired Navajo creation myths about the human theft of a primordial water monster's egg. (wikipedia.org)
  • Nevertheless, the scientific study of fossil eggs began much later. (wikipedia.org)
  • Stories like this may have been based on the discovery of fossil eggs in western North America. (wikipedia.org)
  • Fossil eggs and nests from this region that may have inspired the legend were left behind by creatures like possible aetosaurs, giant condors, duck-billed dinosaurs, possible phytosaurs, large theropods, and sea turtles. (wikipedia.org)
  • The oldest known fossils of louse eggs (ie, nits) are approximately 10,000 years old. (medscape.com)
  • The environmental and social impacts of mineral mining and fossil fuel mining are not necessarily the same. (sustainabilitybynumbers.com)
  • Insect fossils in the Fossil Butte Member (FBM) exist only as very thin carbon stains on the rock. (nps.gov)
  • A fascinating discovery of a fossil insect has recently been made by evolutionists in Colorado. (icr.org)
  • Evolutionists understandably attempt to put a secular spin on this contemporary insect fossil discovery. (icr.org)
  • Nuclear and renewables are not perfect, but they are hundreds to thousands of times safer , even without considering climate change. (sustainabilitybynumbers.com)
  • Providing energy for the overall economy ( oil and gas extraction) takes many thousands of workers involved in energy supply from fossil fuel sources and renewables. (cdc.gov)
  • Despite generally low endogenous content and high sample dropout, the application of high-throughput sequencing and, in some cases, sequence capture allowed taxonomic assignment and phylogenetic placement of 17% of analysed fish fossils to family or tribe level, including remains which are up to 2700 years old or weigh less than 1 mg. (bvsalud.org)
  • How does Germany perform in the Fossil Fuel industry? (nationmaster.com)
  • In yet another effort to expand beyond the PC industry, Intel is teaming up with fashion retailer Fossil to jointly develop wearable computing devices. (techspot.com)
  • For decades and decades, the fossil fuel industry has been playing each and every one of us in this room for fools. (commondreams.org)
  • Individual action, while vitally important, is dwarfed by the power wielded by the fossil fuel industry, which, like the tobacco industry, has known for years about the harms it causes, has tried to cover it up and cast doubt on settled science, and pays politicians and the mainstream media to look the other way, putting corporate profits ahead of human well-being. (kevinmd.com)
  • It is no secret fossil fuel use is incredibly harmful to our world, and as plastic use is merely a byproduct of the fossil fuel industry, it is just as destructive. (earthday.org)
  • Helen Mancini remembers the last major climate march in New York City, when then-teenage activist Greta Thunberg spoke to a crowd of thousands , demanding world leaders take action on global warming. (wskg.org)
  • The BGS, for instance, currently boasts a collection of 3 million fossils and another 1 million rock samples. (theverge.com)
  • CNN - Fossils of early human ancestors from a South African cave are 3.4 million to 3.6 million years old - making them a million years older than previously suspected and revolutionizing the way researchers perceive human origins and evolution. (nbc-2.com)
  • Overall, we estimate that Fossil Group, Inc.'s apps have collected about 6 million installs, 30 thousand of them in the last 30 days. (appbrain.com)
  • A popular app is Fossil Smartwatches , which is highly ranked in several countries and, with over 1 million installs, is one of the more popular apps in the Android ecosystem. (appbrain.com)
  • There are a million things that these fossils are just sitting there waiting to tell us. (evolutionisamyth.com)
  • Fossils suggest the first grasslands appeared some 30 million years after the mass extinction that killed off the dinos at the end of the Cretaceous Period about 65 million years ago. (livescience.com)
  • The amber fossils put the fungus firmly in the Old World, and the researchers suggested both grasses and their parasite were around since the older Jurassic Period, which lasted from about 199.6 million to 145.5 million years ago. (livescience.com)
  • Their abrupt disappearance just a few thousand years ago leaves us to wonder if they were big enough that it might have been worthwhile to hunt and eat them. (sciencedaily.com)
  • The description once again points clearly to the effects of the Genesis Flood thousands of years ago. (icr.org)
  • God designed the katydid, it has no evolutionary ancestors, and it was suddenly caught up and buried by the great Flood described in Genesis thousands of years ago. (icr.org)
  • We trace how Lund Cathedral became an unusual developer involved in 'planning for thousand years,' deployed a set of art commissions to allow reflections about values, belief, time, faith, and became committed to play a central role in the development process. (lu.se)
  • Poland lead the ranking with 2,142.46 Thousand Metric Tons in 2019, that is -2.5% compared to 2018. (nationmaster.com)
  • Some of these fossils were actually excavated decades ago, in the 1970s and 1980s, and they were in the museum, waiting for someone to have time to do a detailed study. (sciencedaily.com)
  • For most of us, the appeal of a fossil database is primarily recreational. (theverge.com)
  • There are several other National Park Service sites created primarily to protect and study fossils. (nps.gov)
  • That makes me hopeful for our future, and it's sending a clear message to world leaders as they head into Paris: It's time for them to follow suit, and divest our governments from fossil fuel companies too. (blueandgreentomorrow.com)
  • Investigative reporters working for Greenpeace UK's Energydesk have uncovered a nexus of senior academics willing to accept large sums of money from fossil fuel companies to write reports and newspaper articles published under their own names and university affiliations, without declaring the funding. (theecologist.org)
  • Our research reveals that professors at prestigious universities can be sponsored by foreign fossil fuel companies to write reports that sow doubt about climate change, and that those professors will keep that funding secret from the public. (theecologist.org)
  • A Greenpeace undercover investigation has exposed how fossil fuel companies can secretly pay academics at leading American universities to write research that sows doubt about climate science and promotes the companies' commercial interests. (theecologist.org)
  • The investigation revealed that Soon had accepted donations from fossil fuel companies and anonymous donors in return for producing climate-sceptic scientific papers. (theecologist.org)
  • The revelations also follow a series of reports showing fossil fuel companies burying the truth about climate change, while funding flawed research to cast doubt on the scientific consensus. (theecologist.org)
  • The individuals approached have previously been linked to fossil fuel companies or climate sceptic organisations that have received fossil fuel funding. (theecologist.org)
  • The fossil fragments discovered by the excavation team in Callao Cave aren't the only traces of the cloud rats, though -- they were able to add to them some other fossils in the collections of the National Museum of the Philippines. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Normally, when we're looking at fossil assemblages, we're dealing with thousands and thousands of fragments before you find something rare and really nice," says Ochoa. (sciencedaily.com)
  • The site is home to a treasure trove of fossils that help tell the story of human evolution - a story that seems to alter with each discovery. (nbc-2.com)
  • Within the geological basic research sedimentary basins are of paramount importance, because its strata are natural climate archives and contain the fossils we build knowledge about evolution and mass extinction on. (lu.se)
  • Peabody Energy previously paid thousands of dollars for him to testify at a separate state hearing, with the money paid into a climate-sceptic think tank. (theecologist.org)
  • A Juliana win would declare that the national fossil fuel energy system is unconstitutional and hold current and future lawmakers accountable for protecting the rights of youth. (commondreams.org)
  • At its fastest rate of deployment, mining quantities for low-carbon energy will be 500 to 1000 times less than current fossil fuel production. (sustainabilitybynumbers.com)
  • The amount of energy which reaches the earth and which is converted into wind, water and wave power and bioenergy is many thousands of times greater than our energy needs. (lu.se)
  • A new web database out of the UK is offering users anywhere in the world the opportunity to explore thousands of three-dimensional fossil models online - and even print some of them for hands-on study. (theverge.com)
  • Sterkfontein has more Australopithecus fossils than anywhere else in the world," said lead study author Darryl Granger, professor of Earth, atmospheric and planetary sciences in Purdue University's College of Science, in a statement. (nbc-2.com)