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The Atacama Desert, in Chile, is a mass graveyard for nine million year-old whales. What gives?

Posted on February 27, 2014 by Ted Bauer

Here’s a new paper, summarized in layman’s terms here, that explains the “whale graveyard” paleontologists had found in Chile. Turns out, the whales were toppled by nothing more than simple algae. At the time of first discovery of all this, in 2010,… Continue Reading →

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Ultimately, does China or Russia (or the USA or Chile or someone else) stand to benefit the most from Antarctica?

Posted on February 10, 2014 by Ted Bauer

Everyone is staking their claim to Antarctica these days; China just built its fourth research base there, which is shaped like a lantern. China’s now spending about $55 million per year on the Antarctic; 15-20 years ago, they were spending $20… Continue Reading →

The Atacama Desert, in Chile, is a mass graveyard for nine million year-old whales. What gives?

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