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Geological and Exploration Models of Beach Placer Deposits, Integrated from Case-Studies of Southern Australia
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The first Early Cretaceous damsel-dragonfly from western Liaoning, China
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How some birds survived but all other dinosaurs died
How dinosaurs were extinct 66 million years ago remains a question.
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Social media websites like Twitter and Facebook are more and more important in our daily life. People like to exchange information about health, happiness,...
How to protect environment without sacrificing agriculture?
Food demand drives the most dominant land use on Earth. This causes a fundamental challenge to the natural environment.
Lots of natural habitats have been...
The History of Penguins in Australia
Recent studies on the fossil penguin faunas of Antarctica, New Zealand, South Africa, and South America have converged on several key events in penguin...
Remote sensing improves earthquake-response management for agricultural water
Earthquakes can damage the groundwater system, destruct agricultural activities, and threaten food security.
To prevent this, we need effective responses and recovery strategies.
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