posted on: 24 March 2007
posted on: 17 March 2007
Evolution and mountains
Two articles on Nature:
“ Most people tend to think of the tropics as the hottest scene on the planet when it comes to spawning new life. But Canadian zoologists have found that it is actually the world's temperate zones where new species evolve and become extinct the fastest.”
Life is faster in the temperate zone
“ A three-dimensional model of our planet's plate tectonics could help to explain why the Andes mountain range is taller than geologists would predict: it could all be down to the long length of the South American continent.”