Paleoclimatology News

Posted May 25, 2011:

• Scientists Debunk Theory on End of 'Snowball Earth' Ice Age

Posted May 17, 2011:

• Mass Extinction of Marine Life in Oceans During Prehistoric Times Offers Warning for Future

Posted May 12, 2011:

• On Prehistoric Supercontinent of Pangaea, Latitude and Rain Dictated Where Species Lived

Posted May 11, 2011:

• 2,300-Year Climate Record Suggests Severe Tropical Droughts as Northern Temperatures Rise

Posted May 2, 2011:

• New Evidence Details Spread of Amphibian-Killing Disease from Mexico Through Central America

Posted April 27, 2011:

• Evolution in the Back Yard: Census of 750,000 Banded Snails Leads to Surprising Results

Posted April 21, 2011:

• Fossil Sirenians, Related to Today's Manatees, Give Scientists New Look at Ancient Climate

Posted April 19, 2011:

• Plankton Fossils Tell Tale of Evolution and Extinction

Posted April 18, 2011:

• Using Leaves' Characteristics Improves Accuracy Measuring Past Climates

Posted April 8, 2011:

• Ancient Fossils Hold Clues for Predicting Future Climate Change

Posted April 7, 2011:

• Sand Drift in Norway Caused by Sea-Level Changes and Human Activity

Posted March 21, 2011:

• Native Americans Modified American Landscape Years Prior to Arrival of Europeans

Posted March 16, 2011:

• Ancient 'Hyperthermals' Serve as Guide to Anticipated Climate Changes; Sudden Global Warming Events More Frequent?

Posted March 14, 2011:

• A 'Fossil Seismograph' for Ancient Earthquakes

Posted March 11, 2011:

• Chilly Times for Chinese Dinosaurs: Abundance of Feathered Dinosaurs During Temperate Climate With Harsh Winters

Posted March 8, 2011:

• The Case for a Neoproterozoic Oxygenation Event

Posted March 2, 2011:

• New Interpretation of Antarctic Ice Cores: Prevailing Theory on Climate History Expanded

Posted February 25, 2011:

• Arctic Environment During an Ancient Bout of Natural Global Warming

Posted February 24, 2011:

• Ancient Catastrophic Drought Leads to Question: How Severe Can Climate Change Become?

Posted February 22, 2011:

• 6,000-Year Climate Record Suggests Longer Droughts, Drier Climate for Pacific Northwest

Posted February 21, 2011:

• Carbon Sink at South Pole Has Grown Recently, Historical Collections Reveal

Posted January 27, 2011:

• Mass Extinction Linked to Ancient Climate Change, New Details Reveal
• Modern Humans Reached Arabia Earlier Than Thought, New Artifacts Suggest
• Climatic Fluctuations in Last 2,500 Years Linked to Social Upheavals

Posted January 24, 2011:

• Humans Have Been Provoking Climate Change for Thousands of Years, Carbon History Shows

Posted January 14, 2011:

• Putting the Dead to Work: Conservation Paleobiologists Dig Deep to Solve Today's Ecological, Evolutionary Questions

Posted January 13, 2011:

• Earth's Hot Past Could Be Prologue to Future Climate
• New Evidence for Climate Impacts on Ancient Societies

Posted January 10, 2011:

• Species Loss Tied to Ecosystem Collapse and Recovery

Posted December 23, 2010:

• Back to the Dead Sea: Climate Change Study Digs Into Half a Million Years of History

Posted December 22, 2010:

• Drilling Project in the Dead Sea Aimed at Climate History and History of Humankind

Posted December 21, 2010:

• Being Good Moms Couldn't Save the Woolly Mammoth

Posted December 15, 2010:

• Ancient Forest Emerges Mummified from the Arctic: Clues to Future Warming Impact

Posted December 13, 2010:

• Early Settlers Rapidly Transformed New Zealand Forests With Fire

Posted December 9, 2010:

• Time Running out to Save Climate Record Held in Unique Eastern European Alps Glacier

Posted December 3, 2010:

• Carbon Monoxide Trapped in Ice Cores Reveals Unexpected Trends Regarding Burning Biomass

Posted December 1, 2010:

• Global Sea-Level Rise at the End of the Last Ice Age Interrupted by Rapid 'Jumps'

Posted November 29, 2010:

• Rainforest Collapse Drove Reptile Evolution

Posted November 23, 2010:

• Ancient Insects Preferred Warmer Climates

Posted November 16, 2010:

• Newly Discovered Drumlin Field Provides Answers About Glaciation and Climate

Posted November 11, 2010:

• Tropical Forest Diversity Increased During Ancient Global Warming Event

Posted November 10, 2010:

• Extreme Global Warming in the Ancient Past

Posted November 9, 2010:

• Scottish Horticulturalist Patrick Matthew Proposed More Accurate Theory of Gradual Evolution Before Charles Darwin Did, Geologist Argues

Posted October 12, 2010:

• Ancient Animal Urine Provides Insight Into Climate Change

Posted October 6, 2010:

• Volcanoes Wiped out Neanderthals, New Study Suggests

Posted September 23, 2010:

• Why Are There No Hyenas in Europe?

Posted September 16, 2010:

• 'Archeologists of the Air' Isolate Pristine Aerosol Particles in the Amazon

Posted September 14, 2010:

• Nanodiamonds Discovered in Greenland Ice Sheet, Contribute to Evidence for Cosmic Impact
• Frosty Times for Dinosaurs: Major Fall in Temperature 137 Million Years Ago During Cretaceous Greenhouse Period, Evidence Shows

Posted September 13, 2010:

• Sun and Volcanic Eruptions Pace North Atlantic Climate Swings

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