Oceanography
The 300m beach disappeared three decades after a night
The villagers in an island of Ireland were very surprised and happy to discover the entire 300m long beach was swept away 33 years ago suddenly appeared again after only…
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Oceanography
Seawater is rising abnormally
Sea level began to rise rapidly in the late 19th century and has tripled over the past two millennia, according to a detailed analysis of swamp deposits found in North C…
Oceanography
Detecting huge mud and sand flow under the seabed
British researchers have discovered evidence of a huge landslide in the seabed 60,000 years ago, creating a huge flow of mud and sand on the earth. This finding is very…
Archeology
Discover the first tsunami skull in the world
Scientists discovered the skull of the world's first tsunami victim, a person living in Papua New Guinea 6,000 years ago.
Archeology
Discover the world's oldest oceanic crust
The oldest oceanic crust on Earth is located in the eastern Mediterranean with an age of about 340 million years.
Archeology
Discovered 3 ancient Vietnamese skeletons of 5,000 years in Ha Tinh
Three ancient Vietnamese skeletons are located close to each other in a plot of land in Ru Diep mountain (Ha Tinh) with a width of 6 m2, under a sediment depth of 1.8 m.…
Archeology
Discover new evidence of the oldest stone tool chronology in Turkey
Scientists have discovered the oldest stone tool ever found in Turkey, indicating that humans have visited the gateway from Asia to Europe much earlier than we had befor…
Archeology
Found footprints of people who lived 800,000 years ago
British scientists have found one of the oldest human footprints on the planet in eastern England.
Archeology
Little 3-year-old dinosaur drowned
A 3-year-old baby dinosaur drowned and sunk into sediment about 74 million years ago, recently discovered by scientists at Canadian dinosaur park.
Archeology
Detecting ancient primeval forest under the sea
A diver discovered a large primeval forest buried under a sediment off the coast of Alabama.
Archeology
Discovered ancestor species of tentacles
Using 3D scanning technology, a team of experts from the Austrian Museum of Natural History found the fossil of the creature, named Dissimilites intermedius. Then, they…
Archeology
India discovered amber plates dating back 50 million years
On the 50 million-year-old amber plate discovered in India, archaeologists found more than 700 ancient insect species belonging to 55 strains.
Archeology
Finding scorpion fossils 415 million years ago
A group of scientists has discovered many fossilized remains of the winged scorpion in the white silt layers, at the quarry of Chieng village, Hai Phong.
Archeology
Amazon River 11 million years old
The Amazon River originated as a transcontinental river about 11 million years ago, and began to take shape today about 2.4 million years ago.
Archeology
The oldest animal fossil
The common concept is that the first animals evolved from the sea.