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Seals Quickly Respond To Gain And Loss Of Habitat Under Climate Change
Southern elephant seals
responded rapidly to climate
and habitat change and
established a new breeding
site thousands of kilometers
... > full story
Plants Save The Earth From An Icy Doom
When glaciers advanced over
much of the Earth's surface
during the last ice age,
what kept the planet from
freezing over entirely? This
has been a puzzle to climate
scientists because leading
... > full story
Ancient Climate Change: When Palm Trees Gave Way To Spruce Trees
One long-standing climate
puzzle relates to the Late
Eocene and Early Oligocene.
Profound changes were
underway. Globally, carbon
... > full story
Social Competition May Be Reason For Bigger Brain
For the past 2 million
years, the size of the human
brain has tripled, growing
much faster than other
mammals. Examining the
reasons for human brain
... > full story
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Climate Events Let Ice Age Mammoths Pass Far Below The 40°N Latitude
July 9, 2009 — Europe's southern-most skeletal remains of a mammoth were unearthed in a moor on the 37°N latitude. This is considerably south of the inhospitable habitat than one usually imagines for mammoths, ... > full story -
Mid-Pliocene Asian Monsoon Intensification And The Onset Of Northern Hemisphere Glaciation
July 2, 2009 — The late Pliocene onset of major Northern Hemisphere glaciation is one of the most important steps in the Cenozoic global cooling. Although most attempts have been focused on high-latitude climate ... > full story -
Ice Sheets Can Retreat 'In A Geologic Instant,' Study Of Prehistoric Glacier Shows
June 22, 2009 — Modern glaciers, such as those making up the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, are capable of undergoing periods of rapid shrinkage or retreat, according to new findings by ... > full story -
Sudden Collapse In Ancient Biodiversity: Was Global Warming The Culprit?
June 19, 2009 — Scientists have unearthed striking evidence for a sudden ancient collapse in plant biodiversity. A trove of 200 million-year-old fossil leaves collected in East Greenland tells the story, carrying ... > full story -
Mammoths Survived In Britain Until 14,000 Years Ago, New Discovery Suggests
June 18, 2009 — Research finally proves that bones found in Shropshire, England, provide the most geologically recent evidence of woolly mammoths in Northwestern Europe. Analysis of both the bones and the ... > full story -
Ancient Ice Age, Once Regarded As Brief 'Blip' Found To Have Lasted For 30 Million Years
June 17, 2009 — Geologists have shown that an ancient ice age, once regarded as a brief "blip," in fact lasted for 30 million ... > full story -
Sediment Yields Climate Record For Past Half-million Years
June 16, 2009 — Researchers here have used sediment from the deep ocean bottom to reconstruct a record of ancient climate that dates back more than the last half-million years. The record, trapped within the top 20 ... > full story -
Ancient Mammals Shifted Diets As Climate Changed
June 3, 2009 — A new study shows mammals change their dietary niches based on climate-driven environmental changes, contradicting a common assumption that species maintain their niches despite global ... > full story -
Ancient Volcanic Eruptions Caused Global Mass Extinction
May 30, 2009 — A previously unknown giant volcanic eruption that led to global mass extinction 260 million years ago has been ... > full story -
Lessons From The Past: Research Examines How Past Communities Coped With Climate Change
May 29, 2009 — Research suggests people today and in future generations should look to the past in order to mitigate the worst effects of climate change. The dangers of rising sea levels, crop failures and extreme ... > full story
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