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One of the greatest challenges in science lies in disentangling causality in complex, coupled systems. This is illustrated no better than in the dynamic interplay between the Earth and life. The early evolution and diversification of animals occurred within a backdrop of global …

In the Sichuan Basin and surrounding areas, the terminal Ediacaran Dengying Formation hosts diverse microbialite forms. Interest in this formation has mainly centered around oil and gas reservoir development, but recent research aims to characterize its paleobiology via petrogra…

The Snowball Earth Hypothesis details a time in Earth’s history (the Cryogenian period) where the entire planet was encapsulated by kilometer thick ice sheets for two, multi-million-year glaciations. The first, known as the Sturtian, lasted from 717 – 660 million years ago while…