#Cretaceous

Latif Nasser

latifnasser

The Black Belt story is painful but profound. The death of plankton led to the life of cotton, which led to the bondage of enslaved people who harvested it, which led

Raptor Dash

Raptor_Dash

CAMP CRETACEOUS SEASON 2 AAAAAAAAAA Well, I think I found out when Ben comes back. I'm guessing Darius finds him out in the wilderness and brings him back to Camp

Dr Dave Hone

Dave_Hone

I've been going through a whole bunch of photos of #pterosaurs for a project so I thought I'd pull out a bunch for a big #FossilFriday thread on these amazing

Evan Johnson-Ransom

EJR_Paleo

60. Here’s #Utahraptor for #TheSummerOfTheropods & #FossilFriday, a large dromaeosaurid from the Early Cretaceous Period of North America and the largest member of the family Dromaeosauridae. Reconstructed skeleton in BYU

Mario Coiro

Lepidodendron

since the year is ending, here are my top discoveries in #paleobotany for 2020 (1/n) Herrera et al. described new details of the conifer cone Krassilovia mongolica from the Early

NHMdinolab

NHMdinolab

One of my Christmas pressies this year was an original copy of Walter Keeping’s (1883) classic work on the Cretaceous fossils of Upware & Brickhill (1/n) Keeping wrote this as

Owl /// CEO of Dinosaurs

OwlFamiliar

To end this year on a high note, i will do a thread on the king of Dinosaur, likely the most well knowned of all whose name slips of the

Latif Nasser

latifnasser

A Democratic blue swoosh running through the heart of the South. As if a painter just swiped a blue brush down the edge of Arkansas and Louisiana, and then swooped up

Latif Nasser

latifnasser

Before I tell the story, I should say I first heard it eight years ago from @rkrulwich. And I never forgot it. Parts of this story might be obvious to some

Latif Nasser

latifnasser

Ok here we go. Look at the electoral maps by county for the last few decades of US presidential elections. You’ll notice that the South goes almost uniformly Republican red every

Latif Nasser

latifnasser

But … that had to be a coincidence, right? How could these two maps 100 million years apart be so eerily similar?! To start, let’s go back to the Cretaceous.

Latif Nasser

latifnasser

The US election is tomorrow. If you, like me, are tired of horse-race-style reporting, and need to zoom out, I wanna tell you a story. It’s about an ancient force influencing the

Krish Ashok

krishashok

What connects beer, reptiles basking in the sun, a dangerous yeast infection, 98.4 Fahrenheit, an asteroid collision and finally, coconut toddy? A thread. It begins with the beer - what

Dr Elsa Panciroli

gsciencelady

Got your tatties, neeps and nips ready? Caught your haggis? It's #BurnsNight2021, but ever wondered how your dinner evolved - not historically, but scientifically? A THREAD on the #evolution of

sai priya

priya_27_

I was reading the Adityahrudayam, from the Ramayana (Yuddha kanda, canto 107) and came across this verse that describes the water cycle.नाशयत्येष वै भूतं तदेव सृजति प्रभुः। प

Caroline Lear

CarolineLear

Pleased to present @geolsoc climate change statement, written with wonderful colleagues including @anandpallavijha @theFosterlab @maryhgagen @oceans_O2 @rdlarter @ClimateSamwell @ErinMcClimate @rpancost @EloquentScience @charliejrwillhttps:

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