Tag: national parks
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This 250-Million-Year-Old Reef Became a Mountain in Texas – And It’s Packed with Fossils
SciTechDaily has a piece about the Guadalupe Mountains, which span Texas and New Mexico. There are two National Parks in the Guadalupe Mountains, Guadalupe Mountains National Park and Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico. During the Permian Period, these mountains were part of a reef on the edge of a shallow sea. The area…
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Paleontologists Discover Two New Shark Species From Fossils in Mammoth Cave National Park
Smithsonian Magazine has a story about a new fossil discovery. Two new shark species from the Carboniferous have been described from Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky. Troglocladodus trimblei and Glikmanius careforum lived during the Carboniferous Period some 325 million yerars ago. Both measured about 10 to 12 feet long. The paper “Sharks in the dark:…
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Discovery of ancient super-eruptions indicates the Yellowstone hotspot may be waning
From the “Maybe Some Good News Department”, phys.org has an article about the hot spot under Yellowstone National Park. This paper, from the journal Geology, looked at past Yellowstone eruptions of the super volcano to assess trends and found that the interval and the intensity of eruptions have been decreasing. Throughout Earth’s long history, volcanic…
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Happy 100th Birthday – Grand Canyon National Park!
The Grand Canyon National Park is 100 years old today. There’s many posts out on the internet. Here are a few… NPR, CNN, Fortune, and Outside Magazine. On February 26, 2019, the Grand Canyon celebrates 100 years since it’s designation as a national park. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, Grand Canyon welcomes approximately six million…
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Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore is Now Indiana Dunes National Park!
Visit Indiana has a piece about the change in name for the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore to Indiana Dunes National Park! It was approved on February 15, 2019. The country’s 61st national park hugs 15 miles of the southern shore of Lake Michigan and has much to offer. Whether you enjoy scouting for rare species…
