Greenhouse Heat Waves Rewrote the World’s Flora Twice in 120 Million Years
A sampling-standardized analysis of fossil spore-pollen records shows that the two great pulses of land plant turnover in the past ...
Tag: paleoclimate
Fossil Oysters Reveal 200,000 Years of Unchanging Rainfall Seasons in Sudan
Stable isotope analysis of Pleistocene to modern Etheria elliptica shells from the Atbara River shows that strong rainfall seasonality has ...
Climate Whiplash Choked Shallow Seas Twice During the Ordovician’s Worst Crisis
Cerium and neodymium isotope records from South China reveal that rapid climate swings twice drove low-oxygen waters into shallow Ordovician ...
Riming Leaves a Hidden Isotopic Fingerprint in Rain and Snow Worldwide
A global analysis shows that ice grown by riming in mixed-phase clouds has a distinctly lower deuterium excess than previously ...
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 ...
Fossil Red Algae From India Reveal How Ancient Reefs Survived Extreme Greenhouse Warmth
Fossil coralline red algae from Paleocene-Eocene limestones in Meghalaya, India, show remarkable long-term resilience through extreme greenhouse climates, while the ...
Desert Archive: Six Climate-Driven Stages Shaped Iran’s Khur Basin Over 50,000 Years
Researchers have reconstructed six stages of landscape evolution in Iran's hyper-arid Khur Basin, linking alluvial fans, dunes, and playas to ...
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 ...
Ancient Climates Reveal a World Split Between Wet and Dry as Warming Intensifies
A new study combining 191 paleoclimate records with global climate simulations shows that wetting and drying since the Last Glacial ...
Famous ‘Glacier Evidence’ in Lesotho’s Highlands May Not Be a Moraine After All
A drone-based re-examination of a ridge in Lesotho's high Drakensberg once cited as glacial evidence suggests it formed through rockfall, ...
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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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