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Walking on the Mauritian beach at sunset is a humbling experience. A patchwork of colours from pink, yellow, gold, orange and red manifests on both sea and sky. But it's not only the sunset on the ...

The recent discovery of an undersea fragment of continental crust, which is part of the ancient Indian Ocean, has attracted great interest from scientists. This discovery relates to the identification ...

Comparing the crystals’ ages with those of nearby landmasses, petrologist Lewis Ashwal of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg and colleagues retraced Mauritia’s fate. Volcanic eruptions ...

Interest in a mysterious 'lost continent' where believers claim an advanced civilization once existed has been rekindled after claims its true location has been discovered. Known as Lemuria, the ...

Mauritia flexuosa, commonly known as the moriche or aguaje palm, dominates extensive swamp forests in Amazonian floodplains, where it underpins ecosystem functioning, local livelihoods and cultural ...