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Ancient remnants of a long-lost part of the Earth believed to be 120 million years old have been located by experts in Borneo.New discoveries about our planet are continuously being made by experts, from finding continents that have been missing for hundreds of years to discovering vast oceans hidden beneath the Earth’s crust.Now, a new amazing discovery revealed details of the 120-million-year-old tectonic plate, now named Pontus.A prediction of the crust’s existence came when Suzanna van de Lagemaat, a graduate geologist at Utrecht University in the Netherlands, and her supervisor, Douwe van Hinsbergen, analysed geological data from mountains in the Asia-Pacific region.While studying rock formations in northern Borneo, Van de Lagemaat came across some clearcut signs of the ancient Pontus plate, explaining: “We thought we were dealing with relicts of a lost plate that we already knew about.”She continued: “But our magnetic lab research on those rocks indicated that our finds were originally from much farther north, and had to be remnants of a different, previously unknown plate.”Researchers estimate that the Pontus plate, which formed part of the world’s crust before the break up of supercontinent Pangaea, was around a quarter of the size of the Pacific Ocean, based on reconstructions of what it would have looked like 160 million years ago.Pontus sat beneath the vast ocean that separated Eurasia and Australia at the time. As Pangaeo separated, it’s believed the plate was swallowed up by other plates that carried countries such as The Philippines and Borneo to their current day locations.Van de Lagemaat’s research focussed on a complex region of tectonic plate activity known as the Junction Region. It runs between Japan, Borneo, the Philippines, New Guinea, and down to New Zealand.Through her research, she was able to use the data to create a clip reconstructing the tectonic plate movements that have occurred from the time of the dinosaurs up to the present day.This article was first published on October 10, 2023Sign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletterHave your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.
Ancient remnants of a long-lost part of the Earth believed to be 120 million years old have been located by experts in Borneo.New discoveries about our planet are continuously being made by experts, from finding continents that have been missing for hundreds of years to discovering vast oceans hidden beneath the Earth’s crust.Now, a new amazing discovery revealed details of the 120-million-year-old tectonic plate, now named Pontus.A prediction of the crust’s existence came when Suzanna van de Lagemaat, a graduate geologist at Utrecht University in the Netherlands, and her supervisor, Douwe van Hinsbergen, analysed geological data from mountains in the Asia-Pacific region.While studying rock formations in northern Borneo, Van de Lagemaat came across some clearcut signs of the ancient Pontus plate, explaining: “We thought we were dealing with relicts of a lost plate that we already knew about.”She continued: “But our magnetic lab research on those rocks indicated that our finds were originally from much farther north, and had to be remnants of a different, previously unknown plate.”Researchers estimate that the Pontus plate, which formed part of the world’s crust before the break up of supercontinent Pangaea, was around a quarter of the size of the Pacific Ocean, based on reconstructions of what it would have looked like 160 million years ago.Pontus sat beneath the vast ocean that separated Eurasia and Australia at the time. As Pangaeo separated, it’s believed the plate was swallowed up by other plates that carried countries such as The Philippines and Borneo to their current day locations.Van de Lagemaat’s research focussed on a complex region of tectonic plate activity known as the Junction Region. It runs between Japan, Borneo, the Philippines, New Guinea, and down to New Zealand.Through her research, she was able to use the data to create a clip reconstructing the tectonic plate movements that have occurred from the time of the dinosaurs up to the present day.This article was first published on October 10, 2023Sign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletterHave your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.
It’s a winter wonderland as Liberty Science Center (LSC) celebrates the holidays with a number of activities for children and adults alike throughout the season until Jan. 1. LSC has been providing the public with holiday themed programming for the past decade during its 30+ year history.Just in time before Christmas day arrives, children can meet Santa Claus as he visits LSC from this Saturday through Christmas Eve, Dec. 21 to 24.Other holiday themed events taking place include the ‘Tis the Season Laser Show, featuring the holiday hits including “Feliz Navidad,” “I Have a Little Dreidel” and “Dominick the Donkey” set to high-tech lasers during the family-friendly show.For young viewers, there’s also What Santa Sees, which allows children to take part as Santa’s helpers as they travel the globe with the reindeer to deliver presents before the night is through. Kids will be able to see everything as Santa does, including a night sky full of constellations, shooting stars and the Aurora Borealis.For Wintry Worlds, visitors can see Earth’s Northern Lights before traveling to Mars to explore the planet’s ice caps. From there, the event moves on to the frozen moons of the out planets in the solar system and the icy surface of Pluto. And beyond that, the coldest known place in the universe.The weekends will also have the Snowflake Express, a new mini passenger train that tours LSC’s winter wonderland. There will also be a holiday gift explosion in the Boom Time show, a holly jolly Dance Party, candy canes and vanilla ice cream made with liquid nitrogen.LSC’s Sock Skating Rink will be filled with synthetic snow fluffy enough for visitors to engage in snowball fights every hour.On New Year’s Day, Jan. 1, LSC brings it all to a close with a live penguin, kangaroo and lemur among other animal friends. LSC will also be running its current exhibits including those for Curious George as well as their premium Blue Whale exhibit.Tickets can be found online at lsc.org. Liberty Science Center is located at 222 Jersey City Blvd., Jersey City.
It’s a winter wonderland as Liberty Science Center (LSC) celebrates the holidays with a number of activities for children and adults alike throughout the season until Jan. 1. LSC has been providing the public with holiday themed programming for the past decade during its 30+ year history.Just in time before Christmas day arrives, children can meet Santa Claus as he visits LSC from this Saturday through Christmas Eve, Dec. 21 to 24.Other holiday themed events taking place include the ‘Tis the Season Laser Show, featuring the holiday hits including “Feliz Navidad,” “I Have a Little Dreidel” and “Dominick the Donkey” set to high-tech lasers during the family-friendly show.For young viewers, there’s also What Santa Sees, which allows children to take part as Santa’s helpers as they travel the globe with the reindeer to deliver presents before the night is through. Kids will be able to see everything as Santa does, including a night sky full of constellations, shooting stars and the Aurora Borealis.For Wintry Worlds, visitors can see Earth’s Northern Lights before traveling to Mars to explore the planet’s ice caps. From there, the event moves on to the frozen moons of the out planets in the solar system and the icy surface of Pluto. And beyond that, the coldest known place in the universe.The weekends will also have the Snowflake Express, a new mini passenger train that tours LSC’s winter wonderland. There will also be a holiday gift explosion in the Boom Time show, a holly jolly Dance Party, candy canes and vanilla ice cream made with liquid nitrogen.LSC’s Sock Skating Rink will be filled with synthetic snow fluffy enough for visitors to engage in snowball fights every hour.On New Year’s Day, Jan. 1, LSC brings it all to a close with a live penguin, kangaroo and lemur among other animal friends. LSC will also be running its current exhibits including those for Curious George as well as their premium Blue Whale exhibit.Tickets can be found online at lsc.org. Liberty Science Center is located at 222 Jersey City Blvd., Jersey City.
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TORONTO – WildBrain Ltd. has signed a deal to sell a two-thirds stake in its television broadcast business to IoM Media Ventures Inc., an independent children’s studio based in Halifax.
Under the terms of the deal, WildBrain says it expects to receive more than $40 million over the next four years from the transaction and its continuing involvement in the business.
The broadcast business includes the Family Channel, Family Jr., WildBrainTV and Télémagino channels.
WildBrain chief executive Josh Scherba called the deal a critical step forward in simplifying the business.
The transaction, which is subject to customary closing conditions, is expected to close in about three to six months, pending approval by the CRTC.
The proceeds from the sale will be used by WildBrain primarily to pay down debt.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 18, 2024.
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