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A peer-reviewed paper about a fossil discovery made right down the highway from where I live has just been published in Science Magazine.

The discovery was made in 2016 by scientists from the Denver Museum of Nature and Science (DMNS) ...

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This video was produced by a group affiliated with the University of Colorado called Interactive Geology Project. It is a very well done animated rendition of the geologic history of Colorado. It was originally presented at the 2015 convention of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists in Denver, so it has a little extra emphasis on oil and gas geology (at least it seems that way to me) but it should be of interest to non-geologists in understanding how Colorado geology and physiography developed over the earth's history. There are a number of other interesting geology-related videos on their site.

One of the arguments made by global-warming deniers is that, yes, maybe atmospheric CO₂ concentrations are rising, and yes, maybe those concentrations are contributing to warming of the planet, but there are many other possible sources of the additional CO₂ and therefore there is much uncertainty about how much burning of fossil fuels (coal, oil, natural gas) has contributed to the increases. Not true. Scientists have, in fact, developed a means to discriminate CO₂ sources using carbon isotopes ...

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