Colorado River disappeared record for 5M years: now we know where it was

Posted by wglb 1 day ago

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Comment by Jtsummers 6 hours ago

The original title (which makes a lot more sense than the abbreviated one used for the submission):

> The Colorado River disappeared from the geological record for 5 million years: Scientists now know where it went

Comment by bdcravens 6 hours ago

Removing the word "record" actually make the HN-submitted title make more sense. Wrapping "disappeared" in quotes actually conveys more or less the same intent.

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Comment by xingped 1 hour ago

The HN title limit and automatic title editing is really the stupidest thing I've ever seen, especially for a site that claims to not want editorialized titles. Really ensures the exact opposite happens instead all the time.

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Comment by davidw 6 hours ago

Was it buried under popup advertisements?

Comment by kulahan 1 hour ago

An upstream river, followed by flowing into the Grand Canyon, thus becoming a continental river. Saved you a click. It’s still a cool read though.

Comment by righthand 2 hours ago

Let me guess…almond farmers?

Comment by righthand 1 hour ago

Prehistoric almond farmers?

Comment by antonvs 24 minutes ago

Ancient alien almond farmers.