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Tiny Blue-Headed Mushroom Observation in Taiwan

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Mycena subcyanocephala (December 3, 2022), ©chofungi ; CC BY-SA 4.0 ,   Link Photo of the Day: Magical Mini Mushroom spotted in Taipei (Keoni EVERINGTON, Taipei News ; March 14, 2023) https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4834381 Featured Research Article: Two new species of Mycena in Taiwan (CHANG and CHOU, 2019) https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Chou-Neng-2/publication/334596263_Two_new_species_of_Mycena_in_Taiwan/links/6329151370cc936cd31f791f/Two-new-species-of-Mycena-in-Taiwan.pdf Mycena subcyanocephala (March 26, 2023), ©balawu ; CC BY-SA 4.0 , Link

Plate Tectonics: Current Status of the East African Rift Zone

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East Africa Rift System, GPS and Stresses , Mikenorton ; CC BY-SA 4.0 , Link Africa is splitting into two as new ocean forms, researchers say ( The Jerusalem Post ; March 22, 2023) https://www.jpost.com/environment-and-climate-change/article-735092 Are We Seeing a New Ocean starting to form in Africa? (Erik KLEMETTI, Eos; 8 May 2020) https://eos.org/articles/are-we-seeing-a-new-ocean-starting-to-form-in-africa Africa is splitting in two - here is why (Lucia Pérez DIAZ, The Conversation; March 29, 2018 https://theconversation.com/africa-is-splitting-in-two-here-is-why-94056 Rifting of Ethiopia Unearths Clues to Continents (Charles Q. CHOI, LiveScience ; March 11, 2011) https://www.livescience.com/30227-rifting-of-ethiopia-unearths-clues-to-continents.html Selected Research Articles: Afar triple junction triggered by plume-assisted bi-directional continental break-up (KOPTEV et al. , 2018) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-33117-3 Evolution, distribution and characteristics ...

Most detailed geological model reveals Earth’s past 100 million years

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SALLES et al., 2023 Most detailed geological model reveals Earth’s past 100 million years :  For the first time, scientists now have a continuous model of the the Earth's past 100 million years. This will provide a new tool to understand ocean chemistry and how geomorphology affects biological evolution. Animation of landscape dynamics model over 100 million years ( EurekAlert/University of Sydney ) https://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/976139