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Today, the dry land of North America and Asia are just barely separated by ocean, but in the past, the region between the continents has provided home and passage to a wide variety of plants and animals. This episode, we explore the deep history of Beringia.
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As the world’s continents have shifted and changed shape over time, so have the oceans. This episode, we discuss the history and study of the various iterations of one of Earth’s most famous ancient body of water: The Tethys Sea.
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The Indian subcontinent has a dramatic and storied past, having traveled from one continent to another, hosting a diversity of ancient life along the way before coming to rest between a vast ocean and a monumental mountain range. This episode is all about India.
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In the South Pacific Ocean, there is a family of islands that have been isolated since the Cretaceous Period. Now and in the distant past, it’s been home to some of the most unique and fascinating ecosystems on Earth. This episode, we explore the history and the evolution of New Zealand.
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Today, it’s famous for the incredible diversity of the Andes Mountains and the Amazon rainforest, and its fossil record is full of unique ecosystems unlike any we see today, thanks to tens of millions of years of evolution in isolation; in this episode, we tackle South America.
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Let’s take a trip back to the Cretaceous of North America, when the whole middle of the continent was flooded by an inland sea unlike anything in the world today. It split the continent in two and hosted a unique ecosystem now preserved across fossil sites from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. It was the Western Interior Seaway.
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This episode, we’re exploring the largest “island” in the world. We’re discussing the long geologic history of how this landmass came to be the way it is now, and what fascinating ecosystems have come and gone along the way. Join us on a trip Down Under, to Australia.
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In this episode, we’re zooming in on one of the world’s most diverse and fascinating locales – the island of Madagascar! You may know that Madagascar is home to a variety of fascinating ecosystems today, but the geologic and fossil history of the island is just as exciting!
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