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Ferns Fueled Long Wildfire Pulse in End‑Triassic Europe

Core records and a new palynomorph darkness index link volcanism-driven warming to repeated, continent-scale fires.

Late Ediacaran Fossils in China Push Back Origins of Major Animal Groups

Reanalysis of Lost WA Fossils Splits Iconic Triassic Amphibian Into Two Species

Ancient Salt Yields First Direct Mesoproterozoic CO2, Indicating a Mild 1.4-Billion-Year Climate

Ancient Mantle Rocks Reveal Potassium-40 Deficit Linked to Surviving Proto‑Earth

Earth’s Oldest Intact Rocks Confirmed at 4.16 Billion Years in Quebec

Ancient River-Carved Terrain Discovered Beneath East Antarctic Ice