(Newswise)–The largest delta plain in Earth’s history formed along the northern coast of the supercontinent Pangea in the late Triassic. Its size out-scales modern counterparts by an order of magnitude, and approximates 1% of the total land area of the modern world. And although contenders are found in the rock record, no ancient counterpart exceeds […]
Anchor Discovery Provides Clues In The Search For The Lost Ships Of Cortés
(Newswise)–In July of 1519, in a brazen act that would upend history, Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés ordered his men to sink all but one of the 11 ships they sailed from Cuba to Mexico on a supposed exploratory mission. Nearly five hundred years later, the fleet’s final resting place remains undiscovered. But an international collaboration […]