Tag: winds

Crocodile-relative ‘hypercarnivore’ from prehistoric Patagonia was over 3 meters long and weighed 250 kilos

PALEONTOLOGY
A newly discovered species of a large, crocodile-relative predator has been described via a remarkably well-preserved fossil from Argentina, according to a study published in PLOS One by Fernando Novas from Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales...

The hidden chemistry of Earth’s core is revealed by how it froze

EARTH
A study by researchers at the University of Oxford, University of Leeds, and University College London has identified a new constraint on the chemistry of Earth's core, by showing how it was able to crystallize millions...

Fueling the Los Angeles fires: the Santa Ana winds

EARTH
Helping drive the wildfires in the US city of Los Angeles are the so-called Santa Ana winds, a weather phenomenon known to dry out...

Winds of change drive ‘alarming’ rate of ocean warming

ENVIRONMENT
UNSW researchers have solved the mystery of why and how ocean "hotspots" are forming so fast, by examining the winds that influence the ocean...

NASA’s Perseverance studies the wild winds of Jezero Crater

ASTRONOMY
During its first couple hundred days in Jezero Crater, NASA's Perseverance Mars rover saw some of the most intense dust activity ever witnessed by...

Black hole winds are no longer as they used to be

ASTRONOMY
During the first billion years of the universe, winds blown by supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies were much more frequent and...

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