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Ancient Clams Yield New Information About Greenhouse Effect on Climate
August 22, 2011 — Ancient fossilized clams that lived off the coast of Antarctica some 50 million years ago have a story to tell about El Niño, according to new ... > full story -
La Nina's Distant Effects in East Africa: Droughts and Floods Are Remote-Controlled Climate Effects
August 4, 2011 — For 20,000 years, climate variability in East Africa has been following a pattern that is evidently a remote effect of the ENSO phenomenon (El Nino Southern Oscillation) known as El Nino/La Nina. ... > full storyMore: -
'Amino Acid Time Capsule': New Way to Date the Past
August 4, 2011 — British scientists are using an 'amino acid time capsule' to date the Quaternary period, stretching back nearly three million years. It is the first widespread application of refinements of the ... > full story -
Ancient Tides Quite Different from Today -- Some Dramatically Higher, Some Lower
August 1, 2011 — The ebb and flow of the ocean tides, generally thought to be one of the most predictable forces on Earth, are actually quite variable over long time periods, in ways that have not been adequately ... > full story -
Sea Level Rise Less from Greenland, More from Antarctica, Than Expected During Last Interglacial
July 28, 2011 — New research results are revealing surprising patterns of melting during the last interglacial period that suggest that Greenland's ice may be more stable -- and Antarctica's less stable -- than many ... > full story -
Ancestry of Polar Bears Traced to Ireland
July 7, 2011 — Scientists have discovered that the female ancestor of all living polar bears was a brown bear that lived in the vicinity of present-day Britain and Ireland just prior to the peak of the last ice age ... > full storyMore: -
Gray Whales Likely Survived the Ice Ages by Changing Their Diets
July 6, 2011 — If ancient gray whale populations migrated and fed the same as today's whales, what happened during the Ice Ages, when their major feeding grounds disappeared? Paleontologists argue that gray whales ... > full story -
How Hot Did Earth Get in the Past? Team of Scientists Uncovers New Information
July 5, 2011 — The question seems simple enough: What happens to Earth's temperature when atmospheric carbon dioxide levels increase? The answer is elusive. However, clues are hidden in the fossil record. A new ... > full story -
Fossilized Pollen Reveals Climate History of Northern Antarctica: Tundra Persisted Until 12 Million Years Ago
June 27, 2011 — A painstaking examination of the first direct and detailed climate record from the continental shelves surrounding Antarctica reveals that the last remnant of Antarctic vegetation existed 12 million ... > full story -
Oldest Eurasian Hominoids Lived in Swabia: Molar Tooth Dated at 17 Million Years Old
June 22, 2011 — Africa is regarded as the center of evolution of humans and their precursors. Yet long before modern humans left Africa some 125,000 years ago, their antecedents migrated from Africa to Eurasia many ... > full story
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