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How algae conquered the world – and other epic stories hidden in the rocks of the Flinders Ranges
Earth was not always so hospitable. Evidence of how it came to be so beautiful and nurturing is locked in the rocks of South Australia’s Flinders Ranges – a site now vying for World Heritage listing. Our new research seeks to better understand this near billion-year-old story. We discovered immense planetary upheaval recorded in the ranges. In two related […]
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Major Funding Boost for South Australia’s famous Ediacaran fossils
The picturesque Flinders Ranges in South Australia holds a fascinating story of long-past lives underground. To uncover these secrets an outstanding research team led by Environment Institute’s A/Prof. Diego Garcia-Bellido (UofA/SA Museum), Dr. Jim Gehling (South Australian Museum), Prof. Mary Droser (Univ. of California-Riverside ) and Prof. Bob Gaines (Pomona College, California), were awarded an […]
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Examining Earth’s oldest complex fossils using AI
A NASA grant of more than US$ 300,000 (AUD $410,000) has been awarded to an international team led by Distinguished Professor Mary Droser from the University of California–Riverside and Associate Professor Diego C. García-Bellido from the University of Adelaide’s Environment Institute, and the South Australian Museum. The three-year project, funded by the Exobiology Program at NASA, […]
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