Paleoclimatology News

Posted April 11, 2006:

• Brown University Geologists Create 5-million-year Climate Record

Posted March 22, 2006:

• Climate Change And The Rise Of Atmospheric Oxygen

Posted March 13, 2006:

• Mass Extinctions: A Threat From Outer Space Or Our Own Planet's Detox?

Posted March 12, 2006:

• Study Previews Ice Sheet Melting, Rapid Climate Change

Posted February 28, 2006:

• Scientists Confirm Historic Massive Flood In Climate Change

Posted February 21, 2006:

• Early Americans Faced Rapid Late Pleistocene Climate Change And Chaotic Environments

Posted February 20, 2006:

• Studies Of Ancient Climates Suggest Earth Is Now On A Fast Track To Global Warming

Posted February 19, 2006:

• Phytoplankton Bounce Back From Abrupt Climate Change

Posted February 10, 2006:

• Medieval Diaries Aid Scientists Ascertain Increase In Hot Spots Due To Global Warming

Posted January 18, 2006:

• Study Finds Evolution Doesn't Always Favor Bigger Animals

Posted January 11, 2006:

• Rewriting Glacial History In Pacific North America

Posted December 18, 2005:

• Bio-archaeologists Pinpoint Oldest Northern European Human Activity

Posted December 5, 2005:

• Why The Amazon Rainforest Is So Rich In Species

Posted November 28, 2005:

• Close Coupling Of Climate With Green House Gases In The Past

Posted November 11, 2005:

• Rapid Warming Caused Vegetation Changes

Posted October 31, 2005:

• Microfossils Show Promise In Prospecting Climate History

Posted October 19, 2005:

• Seafloor Creatures Destroyed By Ice Action During Ice Ages

Posted October 3, 2005:

• Study Casts Doubt On 'Snowball Earth' Theory
• Oxygen Increase Caused Mammals To Triumph, Researchers Say

Posted September 19, 2005:

• Morphology Of Fossil Salamanders Reflects Climate Change

Posted September 8, 2005:

• Can Ancient Rocks Yield Clues About Catastrophes Like Hurricane Katrina?

Posted August 10, 2005:

• India's Smoking Gun: Dino-killing Eruptions

Posted August 5, 2005:

• Study Shows Big Game Hunters, Not Climate Change, Killed Off Sloths

Posted July 20, 2005:

• Underwater Sand Avalanches Linked To Sea-Level Changes In Gulf Of Mexico

Posted July 8, 2005:

• Did Humans Cause Ecosystem Collapse In Ancient Australia?
• Researchers Simulate Long-gone Societies Of The American Southwest

Posted May 2, 2005:

• Geologists' Find Is Evolutionary

Posted February 24, 2005:

• New Clues Add 40,000 Years To Age Of Human Species

Posted February 18, 2005:

• Scientists Find Fossil Proof Of Egypt's Ancient Climate

Posted February 13, 2005:

• Ancient Engravings Found In Somerset Cave

Posted January 31, 2005:

• Study Bolsters Greenhouse Effect Theory, Solves Ice Age Mystery

Posted January 3, 2005:

• Catastrophic Flooding From Ancient Lake May Have Triggered Cold Period

Posted December 24, 2004:

• Major Climate Change Occurred 5,200 Years Ago: Evidence Suggests That History Could Repeat Itself

Posted December 21, 2004:

• 50,000-year-old Plant May Warn Of The Death Of Tropical Ice Caps

Posted December 10, 2004:

• Regional Recovery More Rapid Following Late Ordovician Extinction
• Ocean Tides Once Spread Massive Icebergs, According To Study

Posted November 30, 2004:

• New Method To Measure Ancient Land Elevation Developed By Field Museum Scientist

Posted November 16, 2004:

• Ancient Marine Invasion Sheds Light On Diversity

Posted October 11, 2004:

• Old Bones Unearth New Date For Giant Deer's Last Stand

Posted October 4, 2004:

• Climate Change Plus Human Pressure Caused Large Mammal Extinctions In Late Pleistocene

Posted September 8, 2004:

• Fossils Reveal Direct Link Between Global Warming And Genetic Diversity In Wildlife

Posted September 2, 2004:

• Men From Early Middle Ages Were Nearly As Tall As Modern People

Posted August 10, 2004:

• Early Humans Adapted Well To Different Climates And Vegetation Types

Posted August 2, 2004:

• Duke Study Disputes Idea That Trees Can 'Relocate' Quickly In Response To Climate Change
• Droughts Like 1930s Dust Bowl May Have Been Unexceptional In Prehistoric Times, New Study Suggests

Posted June 24, 2004:

• Dark Days Doomed Dinosaurs, Say Purdue Scientists

Posted June 18, 2004:

• Mammoths Stranded On Bering Sea Island Delayed Extinction

Posted June 11, 2004:

• Chemists Retrieve Clues To Ancient Ocean Chemistry And Global Greenhouse From Cretaceous Sediments

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