Paleoclimatology News

Posted February 24, 2010:

• More Tropical Cyclones in Past Could Play Role in Warmer Future

Posted February 23, 2010:

• Geologists Look for Answers in Antarctica: Did Ice Exist at Equator Some 300 Million Years Ago?

Posted February 16, 2010:

• Stress and Trade-Offs Explain Life's Diversity: A New Model

Posted February 11, 2010:

• Models of Sea Level Change During Ice-Age Cycles Challenged
• Archaeological 'Time Machine' Greatly Improves Accuracy of Early Radiocarbon Dating

Posted January 29, 2010:

• Learning from Climate's Sedimental Journey

Posted January 26, 2010:

• Last Neanderthals in Europe Died out 37,000 Years Ago

Posted January 21, 2010:

• Humans Caused Demise of Australia's Megafauna, Evidence Shows

Posted January 20, 2010:

• Cave Reveals Southwest's Abrupt Climate Swings During Ice Age

Posted January 14, 2010:

• Much of Early Methane Rise Can Be Attributed to Spreading of Northern Peatlands

Posted January 13, 2010:

• From the Ancient Amazonian Indians: 'Biochar' as a Modern Weapon Against Global Warming
• Shipworm Threatens Archaeological Treasures

Posted January 12, 2010:

• Stable Climate and Plant Domestication Linked

Posted January 10, 2010:

• Bering Strait Influenced Ice Age Climate Patterns Worldwide

Posted December 29, 2009:

• Arctic Could Face Warmer and Ice-Free Conditions

Posted December 20, 2009:

• Global Warming Likely to Be Amplified by Slow Changes to Earth Systems, Geologists Say

Posted December 17, 2009:

• Mammals May Be Nearly Half Way Toward Mass Extinction

Posted December 15, 2009:

• Climate Change Does Not Always Lead to Conflict
• Hypoxia Tends to Increase as Climate Warms, Study Finds
• From Greenhouse to Icehouse: Reconstructing the Environment of the Voring Plateau

Posted December 10, 2009:

• DNA Sheds New Light on Horse Evolution

Posted December 8, 2009:

• Absence of Evidence for a Meteorite Impact Event 13,000 Years Ago

Posted December 5, 2009:

• Undocumented Volcano Contributed to Extremely Cold Decade from 1810-1819

Posted December 3, 2009:

• Carbon and Oxygen in Tree Rings Can Reveal Past Climate Information

Posted November 30, 2009:

• Big Freeze Plunged Europe Into Ice Age in Months

Posted November 27, 2009:

• Mass Extinction: Why Did Half of N. America's Large Mammals Disappear 40,000 to 10,000 Years Ago?

Posted November 23, 2009:

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

Posted November 19, 2009:

• After Mastodons and Mammoths, a Transformed Landscape

Posted November 11, 2009:

• Greening of Sahara Desert Triggered Early Human Migrations out of Africa

Posted November 10, 2009:

• Central Africa's Tropical Congo Basin Was Arid, Treeless In Late Jurassic
• Cave Study Links Climate Change to California Droughts

Posted November 6, 2009:

• Seafloor Fossils Provide Clues To Climate Change
• Past Climate Of Northern Antarctic Peninsular Informs Global Warming Debate

Posted November 4, 2009:

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

Posted October 29, 2009:

• Climate Models Don't Tell The Full Story

Posted October 26, 2009:

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

Posted October 8, 2009:

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

Posted October 6, 2009:

• Climate Change Triggered Dwarfism In Soil-Dwelling Creatures Of The Past
• 18th Century Ships' Logs Predict Future Weather Forecast

Posted October 2, 2009:

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

Posted October 1, 2009:

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

Posted September 30, 2009:

• Ancient Rainforests Resilient To Climate Change

Posted September 29, 2009:

• Small Mammals Have A 'Celtic Fringe' Too

Posted September 24, 2009:

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

Posted September 22, 2009:

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

Posted September 16, 2009:

• Melting Of The Greenland Ice Sheet Mapped

Posted September 13, 2009:

• New Carbon Dioxide Data Helps Unlock The Secrets Of Antarctic Formation

Posted September 11, 2009:

• Giant Stone-Age Axes Found In African Lake Basin

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