"This is particularly important during the Pliocene epoch, in which global surface temperatures and CO2 levels were higher than present and which is considered analog for current anthropogenic ...

Global climates were warmer during this period, while a forested corridor ... Oligocene (about 26 million years ago) and the Early Miocene (23 million years ago). Fossils of the Late Oligocene ...

Earth's magnetic field was so weak it almost disappeared. Then, seemingly out of nowhere, complex life emerged.

With more grassland, soil erosion might have increased during this period, and it would have triggered a greater transfer of organic nutrients to the ocean.” Wang said a likely next step in this ...

The massive jawbone, measuring nearly 12 feet in length, belongs to an extinct species of cetacean that roamed the oceans during the late Miocene epoch, approximately 8-10 million years ago. This ...

“Formidus,” meaning “warm” in Latin, hints at the creature’s era – the Middle Miocene Climatic Optimum, a period of intense heat. Back then, Florida was mostly underwater. The coastline stretched to ...

Photo: U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, left, and U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent take part in a press conference after two days of closed-door discussions on trade between ...

There are also maps showing the percentage of mean rainfall (1961–90 average) received for each drought period. Map: Example map from the Weekly Rainfall Update showing the percentage of mean rainfall ...

The fact that low to intermediate sulfidation Au-Ag epithermal veins are intimately associated with rhyolite volcanism during the period 12.4 ... the position of the Miocene paleosurface ...