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- Study of 300-million-year-old faeces finds meat on the menu – Curtin University media release. 31 August 2022.
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- Australia’s Oldest Known Pterosaur Fossils Are From 107 Million Years Ago – Smithsonian magazine. 8 June 2023.
- Australia’s Oldest Known Pterosaur Fossils Are From 107 Million Years Ago – Smithsonian magazine. 8 June 2023.
- Study finds 107-million-year-old pterosaur bones are oldest in Australia – Curtin University media release. 31 May 2023.
- Almost-complete skull of Diamantinasaurus dinosaur discovered in western Queensland reveals ancient secrets – ABC News. 12 April 2023.
- 95-million-year-old sauropod dinosaur skull first of its kind in Australia – Curtin University media release. 12 April 2023.
- Probe to find ‘definitive answer’ on emissions damage to rock art at Murujuga gas, fertiliser plants – ABC Pilbara. 11 April 2023.
- Murujuga’s rock art, heritage and culture must be protected – National Indigenous Times. 16 March 2023.
- Study finds effect of Earth’s orbit around the sun on ancient microorganisms – Curtin University media release. 21 October 2022.
- Extinction expert inspires evolutionary scientists of the future – Curtin Commons. 29 September. 2022.
- Murujuga rocks under Curtin University microscope for Murujuga Rock Art Monitoring Program
– The West Australian. 15 September 2022. - World-leading Curtin evolution expert named 2022 Scientist of the Year – Curtin University media release. 30 August 2022.
- Feathers May Have Helped Dinosaurs Survive Their First Apocalypse – Scientific American. 1 July 2022.
- Australian study finds microplastics in world’s most remote oceans – ABC News. 27 May 2022.
- The world’s most remote oceans are polluted with microplastics – Curtin University media release. 27 May 2022.
- Aussie researchers track microplastics across global oceans – Xinhua. 27 May 2022.
- Voyage finds microplastics across world’s oceans – Ecotextile News. 27 May 2022.
- Biomarker research at the end-Triassic mass extinction at St. Audrie’s Bay (UK) shows a double whammy for the extinction event – Cover of Geology, Volume 50, Number 4. 1 April 2022
- Study finds soil erosion and wildfire another nail in coffin for Triassic era – Curtin University media release. 21 March 2022.
- Did the dinosaur-killing asteroid hit in spring? Fish fossils suggest yes, but not everyone is convinced – ABC Science. 24 February 2022.
- A Strange, Endangered Ecosystem Hides in Underground Waterways – Wired. 12 February 2022.
- Dissolving in Toxic Oceans: How an Ancient Extinction Happened – The New York Times. 3 February 2022.
- A new study pinpoints twin triggers of Triassic era extinction event – RTR FM 92.1 Radio Interview. 2 February 2022.
- New study pinpoints twin triggers of Triassic era extinction event – Curtin University media release. 11 January 2022.
- Mass Extinction Events – Curtin University podcast featuring Prof. Kliti Grice, 14 September 2021.
- Mauritius incident was world’s first major spill of Very Low Sulfur Fuel Oil – Curtin University media release, 7 September 2021.
- Professor Kliti Grice interviewed on the BIOmarkers podcast – an organic geochemistry podcast hosted by the Summons Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA.
- Asteroid that killed off the dinosaurs still shaping life beneath impact crater – Curtin University media release, 24 June 2021
Associate Professor Marco Coolen discusses how the impact continues to influence microbial life beneath the crater – Twitter, 25 June 2021 - Failing the Seven Seas – Perth Voice Interactive, 17 June 2021
- The Day the Dinosaurs Died – Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell, 15 June 2021 (sources)
- Asteroid That Killed the Dinosaurs Was Great for Bacteria – The New York Times, 1 February 2020
- It was microbial mayhem in the Chicxulub crater, Curtin research suggests – Curtin Media Release, 20 January 2020
- Tsunami Followed Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Impact – Space Daily, 11 September 2019
- Innovative study offers insight into gallstone disease treatment – Curtin Media Release, 31 August 2018
- Curtin geochemist wins ANZAAS Medal for her scientific achievements – Curtin Media Release, 17 August 2018
- Ancient plankton DNA offers insight into climate change survival – Curtin Media Release, 21 June 2018
- Mass extinction and evolution expert welcomed into Australian Academy of Science – Curtin Media Release, 22 May 2018
- Oldest land-plant microfossils in Australia found in WA’s Canning Basin – Curtin Media Release, 14 December 2017
- Life after impact – The West Australia, 14 Oct 2016
- Scientists bore into dinosaur-era asteroid crater
- http://www.sciencewa.net.au/topics/technology-a-innovation/item/4174-scientists-bore-into-dinosaur-era-asteroid-crater#k2Container
- Molecular detective studies mass extinction events
http://sciencemeetsbusiness.com.au/tag/kliti-grice/ - Ancient molecules entombed in rock
http://www.arc.gov.au/media/feature_articles/Oct14_kliti_grice.html - Oil and gas: the 500 million year old story behind fracking in the Kimberley’s Canning Basin
http://www.abc.net.au/local/photos/2015/02/17/4181798.htm - Isotopic analysis links Coorong salinity to water regime
http://www.sciencewa.net.au/topics/fisheries-a-water/item/2952-isotopic-analysis-links-coorong-salinity-to-water-regime - A study into Shark Bay’s microbial mats has detected activity of anaerobic microbes under oxic conditions-highlighting unknown complexities in microbial systems.
http://www.sciencewa.net.au/topics/environment-a-conservation/item/2852-anaerobic-microbes-surprise-scientists-by-living-with-oxygen - World’s oldest known cholesterol found in the Western Kimberley
http://news.curtin.edu.au/media-releases/worlds-oldest-known-cholesterol-found-in-the-western-kimberley/ - Exceptional Preservation of Palaeozoic Steroids in a Diagenetic Continuum
http://www.nature.com/srep/2013/130926/srep02768/full/srep02768.html - The Conversation with Kate Trinajstic
- Climate history extracted from ancient bacteria
- http://www.sciencewa.net.au/topics/technology-a-innovation/item/2737-climate-history-extracted-from-ancient-bacteria/2737-climate-history-extracted-from-ancient-bacteria
- http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2012/11/14/3632446.htm
- http://econews.com.au/news-to-sustain-our-world/global-warming-link-found-to-prehistoric-extinctions/
- http://mitchtestone.blogspot.com/2012/11/toxic-sea-led-to-devonian-extinction.html
- http://www.thisviewoflife.com/index.php/magazine/articles/crustacean-cholesterol
- http://www.sci-news.com/geology/article00726.html
- http://phys.org/news/2013-12-isotopic-analysis-mass-extinction-events.html
- http://www.reportingclimatescience.com/news-stories/article/does-global-warming-cause-mass-extinctions.html
- http://www.azocleantech.com/news.aspx?newsID=17572
- http://news.curtin.edu.au/media-releases/worlds-oldest-known-cholesterol-found-in-the-western-kimberley/
- www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2013/12/isotopic-analysis-sheds-light-history
- http://www.sciencewa.net.au/topics/industry-a-resources/item/2616-global-warming-and-the-mass-extinctions-an-isotopic-analysis
- http://www.sciencewa.net.au/topics/fisheries-a-water/item/2520-reef-fossil-find-sets-new-age-limit
- http://www.sciencewa.net.au/topics/technology-a-innovation/item/1880-accurate-measurement-of-vocs-in-atmosphere-developed
- Fossil Musculature of the Most Primitive Jawed Vertebrates
https://www.sciencemag.org/content/341/6142/160 - http://blogs.flinders.edu.au/flinders-news/
- Caught in the act: sex and the fossil record
http://museum.wa.gov.au/explore/videos/caught-act-sex-and-fossil-record - http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v491/n7426/nature11555/metrics/news
- Primitive fish could nod but not shake its head https://www.sciencenews.org/article/primitive-fish-could-nod-not-shake-its-head
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/primitive-fish-could-nod-not-shake-its-head - Solving puzzle of what ancient fish looked like
http://www.ru.ac.za/latestnews/2013/name,99784,en.html - http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology
- The evolutionary origins of our toothy grin
http://news.curtin.edu.au/media-releases/the-evolutionary-origins-of-our-toothy-grin/ - Accurate measurment of VOCs in atmosphere developed
Science Network January 2013 - Vice-Chancellor announces Australian Research Council funding Kliti Grice awarded Discovery Project
Vice-Chancellors Blog November 2012 - Rare Fossil Points to Toxic Oceans in Devonian Period
Sci News November 2012 - Euxinia in the Devonian Mass Extinctions, an Australian Data Point
The Dragons Tail Blog Spot November 2012 - Bacteria Preserve Crab-Like Fossil in Toxic Ocean Environment
A to Z of Clean Technology November 2012 - Toxic sea led to Devonian extinction
ABC Science, November 2012 - Toxic oceans preserve ancient life
Curtin News, November 2012 - The evolutionary origins of our toothy grin
Curtin News, October 2012 - University researcher wins RACI award
Curtin News, July 2012 - Stalagmite expert joins Curtin University
Curtin News, May 2012 - Underground appeal
Cosmos, May 2012 - CSIRO Minerals Systems Cluster launched at Curtin
Curtin News, March 2012 - Australian contributions to the Field of Organic Geochemistry