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How to get life onto land in 3 difficult steps

4. December 2018by Karsten Eig 1 Comment

Why did the fish go on land? Because it is evolution’s nature (to fill ecological niches. That’s why lobe-finned fish went on land around 370 million years ago and became […]

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Devonian, Fossils, dinosaurs, evolution, Palaeozoic, Poland, Scotland

Where was the world’s first oil well? Poland!

Featuredby Karsten Eig 11 Comments

The first oil well in the world was drilled by Colonel Edwin Drake in Pennsylvania, Cowboyland, in 1859. Everyone in the oil industry, and probably every American child, know the […]

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Crash'n'bang geology, Oil and Gas, Poland, Travel Tips

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Recent Posts

  • Sand, wind and the lighthouse that escaped from the sea: Klitter and klinter at Rubjerg Knude, Denmark
  • The Værlandet conglomerate, Western Norway: Beautiful gift from an ancient Himalaya
  • Møns Klint – where Denmark was born
  • What geology can teach us about climate change: On wine, vikings and ice skating (and big, bad volcanoes)
  • What geology can teach us about climate change: The Earth’s drunkard walk between warm and cold

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