Showing posts with label skeletons. Show all posts
Showing posts with label skeletons. Show all posts

Friday, July 31, 2015

In the News: Melting Mummies and Sinking Cities


Fig.1. Washington, D.C. is slowly sinking due to a geological process that started around 20,000 years ago (Credit: Architect of the Capitol)

Between fungi that accompanies natural disasters and the melting field of glacial archaeology, this week featured new weird and wonderful research. Read to learn more about old ingredients for new beer, unconsidered repercussions of climate change, a slowly sinking city, and more: