A team of scientists from several U.S. institutions, including the University of Minnesota, discovered six million year old ...

A recent study by an international research group led by Prof. AO Hong from the Institute of Earth Environment of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has revealed Asian climate variability and dynamics ...

We know that our planet has experienced warmer periods in the past, during the Pliocene geological epoch around 3 million years ago. Our research, published earlier this month, shows that up to ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - To figure out what is likely to happen to Earth's climate this century, scientists are looking 3 million years into the past. They have concluded that the most revealing slice ...

Geologists are like the Time Lords of TV’s “Doctor Who” series, Julie Brigham-Grette likes to say. She’s among the scientists studying the Pliocene Epoch and the clues 3-million-year-old events may ...

Year-round ice-free conditions across the surface of the Arctic Ocean could explain why the Earth was substantially warmer during the Pliocene Epoch than it is today, despite similar concentrations of ...

Three major ice sheets are being closely watched by scientists as global temperatures increase, glaciers melt and sea levels rise. Of the three, the East Antarctic Ice Sheet is the largest potential ...

Sparse trees cast long shadows as the morning sun rises over the grassy woodland clearing. Elephants and rhinos gather around a quiet watering hole. A troop of baboons starts chattering as they wake ...

To figure out what is likely to happen to Earth's climate this century, scientists are looking 3 million years into the past. They have concluded that the most revealing slice of time is the Pliocene ...

Camels and beavers that evolved in ancient forests in the Far North were perfectly adapted for our world today ...