Category archives: Geosciences

How pterosaurs ruled the skies

How pterosaurs ruled the skies

Geosciences

By Invited Researcher

Scientists have long puzzled over how pterosaurs became the first vertebrates to master flight. Some pterosaur species, such as the Quetzalcoatlus were the largest known animals to ever take to the skies, with wingspans of over ten meters (on par with military aircraft like the Spitfire). My team’s new study may help solve the evolutionary […]

Anthropocene rejected and what it means from an epistemological perspective

Anthropocene rejected and what it means from an epistemological perspective

GeosciencesPhilosophy of science

By Invited Researcher

The geologists of the International Commission on Stratigraphy’s Subcommission on Quaternary Stratigraphy (SQS) made a substantial decision on March 4, 2024 , by rejecting the proposal to formally acknowledge the beginning of the Anthropocene—a new geological epoch attributing humanity’s emergence as the primary force shaping the Earth’s strata. This proposal, led by the Anthropocene Working […]