Deep-Sea Isotopes and Climate Models Reveal a Surprisingly Hot Miocene Warm Period
A new model-data synthesis of benthic foraminiferal oxygen isotopes indicates the Miocene Climatic Optimum was about 7.5 degrees Celsius warmer ...
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Giant Rhododendron Tree Rings Reveal Two Centuries of Drying in Southwestern China
A 221-year oxygen isotope record from the endangered giant rhododendron shows southwestern China has been drying since 1900, with climate ...
Deep Ocean Density Shift May Explain Ice Age Rhythm Change a Million Years Ago
New reconstructions of deep-water temperature and salinity show that the deep Atlantic cooled and Antarctic-sourced waters became saltier across the ...
Why Korea’s Caves Stay Silent While Asian Monsoons Swing: A 550,000-Year Isotope Mystery Solved
New speleothem records and isotope-enabled climate simulations reveal that oceanic and continental moisture sources cancel each other over the Korean ...
Ice Age Ocean Density Puts Climate Models to the Test
A new study reconstructs ocean surface density during the Last Glacial Maximum from foraminiferal shells and finds that climate models ...
Ice Crystals Deep in Tibetan Glaciers Preserve Hidden Records of Past Temperature
The first continuous grain-size profiles through two Tibetan ice cores show that ice crystal size tracks temperature and can retain ...
Modern El Niño Events Are the Strongest in a Millennium, Coral Records Reveal
A University of Michigan study of Galápagos coral records shows that El Niño events over the past 40 years are ...
Ancient Tibetan Ice Cap Preserves Climate Record Stretching Beyond 100,000 Years
New isotopic dating confirms that ice cores from Tibet's Guliya ice cap preserve climate records extending more than 100,000 years ...
Deep Oceans Diverged as Antarctica Froze Over 34 Million Years Ago
Clumped isotope thermometry reveals that the deep Pacific and Atlantic cooled on different schedules, and with reversed temperature gradients, during ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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