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Blame North America Megafauna Extinction On Climate Change, Not Human Ancestors
October 25, 2001 — Even such mythical detectives as Sherlock Holmes or Hercule Poirot would have difficulty trying to find the culprit that killed the mammoths, mastodons and other megafauna that once roamed North ... > full story -
Permian Extraterrestrial Impact Caused Largest Mass Extinction On Earth
August 28, 2001 — What actually ended the Permian Period some 251 million years ago? Most Earth scientists think gradual sea fall, climate change, oceanic anoxia, and volcanism were the causes. But that's not so. A ... > full story -
Evidence Of Ancient El Ninos And Cultural Development
June 19, 2001 — In the July issue of the journal Geology, a team of researchers has suggested that the climate phenomenon known as El Nino has been a contributing factor in the rise and fall of ancient civilizations ... > full story -
Ancient Oceans Experienced A Global Surge In Biological Productivity
June 1, 2001 — In work that could improve understanding of future climate change, University of Michigan researchers have documented a global-scale increase in oceanic biological productivity that occurred between ... > full story -
Changes In Sun’s Intensity Tied To Recurrent Droughts In Maya Region
May 18, 2001 — The Maya were talented astronomers, religiously intense in their observations of the sun, moon and planets. Now, new research shows something in the heavens may have influenced their culture and ... > full story -
New Technique Illuminates Events Obscured In The Geologic Record
May 11, 2001 — A Purdue University researcher known for his studies on evolution and the extinction of the dinosaurs has developed a tool that unmasks short-term events previously overlooked in the geologic record. ... > full story -
Climate Change Played A Role In Collapse Of Ancient Societies, Suggests New Research
January 29, 2001 — Sudden climate changes may have been a major factor in the collapse of several societies during the past 10,000 years, according to a study by a team of researchers at the University of Massachusetts ... > full story -
Finding By Syracuse University And University Of Michigan Researchers Reveals Secret To Mass Extinction Events
October 20, 2000 — Some 34 million years ago, almost 90 percent of the tiny, shell-bearing sea creatures living along the U.S. Gulf Coast were wiped out and replaced by completely new species of shellfish or mollusks. ... > full story -
Equatorial Water May Have Provided Means Of Survival
May 29, 2000 — To improve a child's likelihood of succeeding at school, educators need a better understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of the IQ test, says a University of Toronto psychiatry professor. ... > full story -
Researchers Find Evidence Of 16th Century Epic Drought Over North America
February 8, 2000 — A group of researchers who study tree ring records have found evidence of a "mega-drought" in the 16th century that wreaked havoc for decades in the lives of the early Spanish and English ... > full story -
We Are Not Alone Or Are We?
January 26, 2000 — A new book by two University of Washington scientists contends that, contrary to popular thought, we just might be alone and Earth might be unique, if not in the universe at least in this celestial ... > full story -
UF Professor, Dutch Researchers Develop New Global Warming Tracking
June 18, 1999 — A University of Florida professor and a group of Dutch colleagues have found a new way to track the concentration of greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere using leaf fossils, according to an article ... > full story
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