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Taxa Kaikaifilu

Kaikaifilu pectorals, done on inkscape. Based on pictures and diagrams from "Kaikaifilu hervei gen. et sp. nov., a new large mosasaur (Squamata, Mosasauridae) from the upper Maastrichtian of Antarctica. Cretaceous Research".

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“I can no longer participate in this charade”: why guides in Antarctica are leaving the job of their dreams

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Contributing to introducing more and more visitors to Antarctica while observing the effects of climate change on this fragile continent: several tourist guides have been faced with this dilemma, to the point of giving up their dream job. Testimonials.

31/07/2026 futura-terre ⚙ Auto-translated

511 billion barrels under Antarctica? This new data fuels all the speculation

Antarctica Saudi Arabia

511 billion barrels of oil under the ice of Antarctica: enough to almost double Saudi Arabia's known reserves. Russian ships are mapping the seabed of an area claimed by London. Scientific research or disguised prospecting? The debate invites itself to...

26/07/2026 futura-terre ⚙ Auto-translated

Climate doesn't tell the whole story: why Antarctica froze in a warmer world 34 million years ago

Antarctica Paleogene geology study

Why did Antarctica become covered in ice 34 million years ago when the Earth was still about 5°C warmer than today? Part of the answer lies deep within the Earth, according to a new study. By gradually lifting the continent on...

08/07/2026 futura-terre ⚙ Auto-translated

83-Million-Year-Old Fossil Rewrites Timeline of Antarctica’s First Dinosaur Discovery

vertebra Antarctica fossil Dinosauria Titanosauria discovery

A small fossil collected on an Antarctic island more than four decades ago is a tail vertebra of a titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur that roamed Antarctica roughly 83 million years ago, according to a new paper in the journal Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. The post 83-Million-Year-Old Fossil Rewrites Timeline of Antarctica’s First Dinosaur Discovery appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.

01/07/2026 sci-news

This bone forgotten in a drawer for 40 years has just revealed the very first dinosaur discovered in Antarctica!

bone vertebra Antarctica Late Cretaceous fossil Dinosauria Titanosauria discovery

For almost forty years, it remained forgotten in a drawer in the British Antarctic Survey. This fossil, discovered in Antarctica in 1985, has just been identified as the very first dinosaur fossil ever unearthed on the white continent. A discovery which also sheds light on...

01/07/2026 futura-terre ⚙ Auto-translated

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