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Paleogeography

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science5 days ago•5 min saved

Online Tool Rewinds Earth's Map to 320 Million Years Ago

Researchers at Utrecht University have built Paleolatitude.org, an online platform that lets you enter any modern location and see its estimated latitude at different times up to 320 million years ago, using refined tectonic reconstructions, magnetic rock data, and dating techniques to map continental movement—and including smaller plates and lost landmasses. The tool supports studies of past climates, fossils, biodiversity, and mass extinctions, with plans to extend back further in time.

via The Daily Galaxy|

#biodiversity #climate-history #paleogeography

science20 days ago•7 min saved

A Global Time Machine Traces Your Home Back to Pangaea 320 Million Years Ago

A high‑resolution Paleolatitude.org model, built on Utrecht University's Utrecht Paleogeography framework, reconstructs Earth’s positions up to 320 million years ago, linking rocks and fossils to their original plates and latitudes to improve climate, biodiversity, and mass-extinction research.

via Indian Defence Review|

#lost-continents #paleogeography #paleolatitude

science24 days ago•4 min saved

Where Was Your Backyard 320 Million Years Ago? A New Tool Maps Earth's Drift

Paleolatitude.org now features a global 320-million-year paleogeographic model with updated paleomagnetic data, letting users trace any location’s latitude through continental drift, export results, and upload data for bulk paleolatitude calculations. Researchers illustrate its use by reconstructing late Jurassic biodiversity gradients and mapping a Dutch fossil site to ancient latitudes near today’s Arabia, with plans to extend the model back to the Cambrian to study biodiversity resilience through deep time.

via ScienceAlert|

#biodiversity #paleogeography #paleolatitude

earth-science26 days ago•3 min saved

Your Backyard Through Time: 320 Million Years of Latitudinal Drift Mapped

A tool called paleolatitude.org, built on the Utrecht Paleogeography Model, lets users input any location to see how its latitude changed over the past 320 million years, aiding paleoclimatology and paleontology by linking rocks to their original plates. It does not show longitude or animate the movement.

via Gizmodo|

#datavisualization #earth-science #paleogeography

science3 months ago•5 min saved

Deep Mantle Giants Have Shaped Earth’s Magnetic Field for Millions of Years

Geologists report that two massive, buried mantle anomalies called large low-shear-velocity provinces (LLSVPs) have modulated Earth's magnetic field for about 265 million years by creating temperature- and density-driven flow differences that alter the outer-core liquid iron; computer simulations show only models including LLSVPs reproduce observed magnetic irregularities, with implications for ancient continental configurations and climate.

via WIRED|

#geodynamo #llsvps #magnetic-field

science11 months ago•3 min saved

Triassic Reptiles Migrated 10,000 Miles Through Harsh Environments

New research suggests that Triassic reptiles, ancestors of dinosaurs and crocodiles, were capable of migrating up to 10,000 miles through inhospitable tropical zones following the end-Permian mass extinction, which may have contributed to their survival and subsequent dominance in Earth's ecosystems.

via Phys.org|

#archosauromorphs #climate-adaptation #migration