Paleoclimatology News

Posted November 23, 2009:

• Supervolcano Eruption In Sumatra Deforested India 73,000 Years Ago

Posted November 20, 2009:

• After Mastodons and Mammoths, a Transformed Landscape

Posted November 15, 2009:

• Cave Study Links Climate Change to California Droughts

Posted November 11, 2009:

• Central Africa's Tropical Congo Basin Was Arid, Treeless In Late Jurassic

Posted November 10, 2009:

• Climate Models Don't Tell The Full Story

Posted November 9, 2009:

• Past Climate Of Northern Antarctic Peninsular Informs Global Warming Debate
• Greening Of The Sahara Desert Triggered Early Human Migrations Out Of Africa

Posted November 8, 2009:

• Seafloor Fossils Provide Clues To Climate Change

Posted November 5, 2009:

• Paleoecologists Offer New Insight Into How Climate Change Will Affect Organisms

Posted October 27, 2009:

• Climate Events Let Ice Age Mammoths Pass Far Below 40 Degrees North Latitude

Posted October 26, 2009:

• Volcanoes Played Pivotal Role In Ancient Ice Age, Mass Extinction

Posted October 20, 2009:

• Shark Teeth Provide Key To North Sea’s Climatic Past

Posted October 9, 2009:

• Last Time Carbon Dioxide Levels Were This High: 15 Million Years Ago, Scientists Report

Posted October 7, 2009:

• Climate Change Triggered Dwarfism In Soil-Dwelling Creatures Of The Past

Posted October 6, 2009:

• 18th Century Ships' Logs Predict Future Weather Forecast

Posted October 5, 2009:

• Small Mammals Have A 'Celtic Fringe' Too

Posted October 3, 2009:

• Ancient Earth's Magnetic Field Was Structured Like Today's Two-Pole Model

Posted October 2, 2009:

• Algae And Pollen Grains Provide Evidence Of Remarkably Warm Period In Antarctica's History

Posted October 1, 2009:

• Ancient Rainforests Resilient To Climate Change

Posted September 25, 2009:

• Peruvian Glacial Retreats Linked To European Events Of Little Ice Age

Posted September 23, 2009:

• End Of An Era: New Ruling Decides The Boundaries Of Earth's History

Posted September 17, 2009:

• Melting Of The Greenland Ice Sheet Mapped

Posted September 14, 2009:

• Giant Stone-Age Axes Found In African Lake Basin
• New Carbon Dioxide Data Helps Unlock The Secrets Of Antarctic Formation

Posted September 13, 2009:

• Suffocating Seas: Clues About Timing And Causes Of Oxygen-Free Event In Cretaceous Ocean

Posted August 29, 2009:

• Mysterious Glaciers That Grew When Asia Heated Up

Posted August 28, 2009:

• New Temperature Reconstruction From Indo-Pacific Warm Pool

Posted August 26, 2009:

• Scientists Propose Antarctic Location For 'Missing' Ice Sheet

Posted August 18, 2009:

• Agricultural Methods Of Early Civilizations May Have Altered Global Climate
• Ancient Climate: The Greenhouse Gas That Saved The World

Posted August 14, 2009:

• Middle Miocene Oxygen Minimum Zone Expansion Offshore West Africa: Evidence For Global Cooling Precursor Events

Posted August 12, 2009:

• When Did Humans Return After Last Ice Age?

Posted August 10, 2009:

• Climate-Caused Biodiversity Booms And Busts In Ancient Plants And Mammals

Posted August 7, 2009:

• Long Debate Ended Over Cause, Demise Of Ice Ages? Research Into Earth's Wobble

Posted July 28, 2009:

• Major Arctic Sea-Ice Formed Earlier Than Thought

Posted July 25, 2009:

• Indications For Volcanic Eruptions In The Younger Geological History Found In Labrador Sea

Posted July 21, 2009:

• California's Channel Islands Hold Evidence Of Clovis-Age Comets

Posted July 19, 2009:

• Marine Microorganisms: Surviving Mass Extinction By Leading A Double Life

Posted July 12, 2009:

• Seals Quickly Respond To Gain And Loss Of Habitat Under Climate Change

Posted July 2, 2009:

• Plants Save The Earth From An Icy Doom
• Mid-Pliocene Asian Monsoon Intensification And The Onset Of Northern Hemisphere Glaciation

Posted June 25, 2009:

• Ancient Climate Change: When Palm Trees Gave Way To Spruce Trees

Posted June 23, 2009:

• Social Competition May Be Reason For Bigger Brain

Posted June 22, 2009:

• Ice Sheets Can Retreat 'In A Geologic Instant,' Study Of Prehistoric Glacier Shows

Posted June 19, 2009:

• Sudden Collapse In Ancient Biodiversity: Was Global Warming The Culprit?

Posted June 18, 2009:

• Mammoths Survived In Britain Until 14,000 Years Ago, New Discovery Suggests

Posted June 17, 2009:

• Ancient Ice Age, Once Regarded As Brief 'Blip' Found To Have Lasted For 30 Million Years

Posted June 16, 2009:

• Sediment Yields Climate Record For Past Half-Million Years

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