News articles tagged with 'Sahara'
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Bacterioplankton responses to desert dust in the (sub)tropical northeast Atlantic
— 3 Jun 2010 13:25 | EnvironmentInputs of dust from the Sahara desert could change the composition of microbial communities in the (sub)tropical eastern North Atlantic say Southampton researchers writing this month…
New pterodactyl discovered in Sahara
— 26 May 2010 21:00 | Geology and palaeontologyWith the help of ancient fossils unearthed in the Sahara desert, scientists have identified a new type of pterosaur (giant flying reptile or pterodactyl) that existed about 95 million…
New evidence provides an alternative route 'out of Africa' for early humans
— 15 Oct 2008 12:13 | Geology and palaeontologyThe widely held belief that the Nile valley was the most likely route out of sub-Saharan Africa for early modern humans 120,000 year ago is challenged in a paper published this week…
Cosmopolitan microbes
— 4 Dec 2007 17:50 | BiologyScientists have analysed aerial dust samples collected by Charles Darwin and confirmed that microbes can travel across continents without the need for planes or trains - rather bacteria…
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