Messel Pit is the richest site in the world for understanding ... which allows for the reconstruction of the morphology of the preserved fauna and flora as well as that of their environment, and the ...

As we drive down the pit, Wedmann points out piles of bleached rock tailings left behind by a century of coal and oil shale mining. Mining stopped at Messel in 1970 and the disused pit was then ...

In a former open-pit coal mining area in Brandenburg ... Scientists are studying the development of soil, flora, and fauna there. With this research they aim to establish the factors that have ...

The murder trial continues Tuesday in Brown County for Daniel Messel of Bloomington ... University is building Indiana's first underground coal mine simulation for safety training and is moving ...