Researchers have gained new insights into rhinoceros evolution and the longevity of the North Atlantic Land Bridge from ...

The National Science Foundation COLDEX project drilled three Allan Hills cores from depths of 150, 159, and 206 meters (492, ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - To figure out what is likely to happen to Earth's climate this century, scientists are looking 3 million years into the past. They have concluded that the most revealing slice ...

To figure out what is likely to happen to Earth's climate this century, scientists are looking 3 million years into the past. They have concluded that the most revealing slice of time is the Pliocene ...

Researchers have created a map of oceanic “dead zones” that existed during the Pliocene epoch, when the Earth’s climate was two to three degrees warmer than it is now. The work could provide a glimpse ...

Year-round ice-free conditions across the surface of the Arctic Ocean could explain why the Earth was substantially warmer during the Pliocene Epoch than it is today, despite similar concentrations of ...

Fossil evidence confirms that a gigantic reptile, similar to the modern Komodo Dragon, lived four million years ago near ...

The Tiombó conglomerate on Isla del Carmen in Baja California Sur represents a mega-delta deposited mainly during the middle Pliocene (early Piacenzian age). A cross-section with the ...

We know that our planet has experienced warmer periods in the past, during the Pliocene geological epoch around three million years ago. Our research, published today, shows that up to one third of ...

Rising CO2 levels are pushing earth beyond any climatic conditions ever experienced by humans, scientists warn. Global mean temperatures are rising much faster than any time since the Pliocene, when ...

The East Asian summer monsoon (EASM) stands as the most northerly extending monsoon system, defined by its remarkable seasonal march. It features a stepwise northward migration of rainfall stages, ...