Paleoclimatology News

Posted August 30, 2006:

• Greenhouse Methane Released From Ice Age Ocean

Posted August 24, 2006:

• Study Rules Out Ancient 'Bursts' Of Methane From Seafloor Deposits

Posted August 23, 2006:

• Clock In The Rock: Geologist Leads Effort To Measure Earth's History
• Burning Wetlands Unleash Sequestered Mercury In Wake Of Climate Change

Posted August 15, 2006:

• Climate Change Was Major Factor In Erosion Of Alps 6 Million Years Ago

Posted August 12, 2006:

• Ancient Arctic Water Cycles Are Red Flags To Future Global Warming

Posted August 7, 2006:

• Ancient Bison Teeth Provide Window On Past Great Plains Climate, Vegetation

Posted July 28, 2006:

• Cosmic Dust In Ice Cores Sheds Light On Earth's Past Climate

Posted July 25, 2006:

• Ice Sheets Drive Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Levels, Inverting Previous Ice-Age Theory

Posted June 30, 2006:

• Catastrophic 'Lake Burst' Chills Climate

Posted June 27, 2006:

• First Compilation Of Tropical Ice Cores Shows Abrupt Global Climate Shifts

Posted June 12, 2006:

• New Study Shows Much Of The World Emerged From Last Ice Age Together

Posted June 2, 2006:

• Where Climate Is Made In A Greenhouse World

Posted May 18, 2006:

• Linking Climate Change Across Time Scales

Posted May 17, 2006:

• Coral Reef Reveals History Of Fickle Weather In The Central Pacific

Posted May 5, 2006:

• Man May Have Caused Pre-Historic Extinctions

Posted April 21, 2006:

• Geologists: Opening Of Passage May Be Tied To Antarctic Cooling

Posted April 20, 2006:

• Ancient And Modern Evidence Suggests Limits To Future Global Warming

Posted April 17, 2006:

• Jesus Walked On Ice, Says Study

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

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