Using tree-ring data to test climate events
The events were depicted in ancient Mesoamerican codex In ancient Mesoamerica, as the Aztec calendar predicted the end of the…
Read More
Shedding light on ancient climate change
The mysterious appearance of numerous ancient duck bones dating to the sixth century at the Pineland archaeological site on Pine…
Read More
Ancient global warming resulted in carnivorous mammal’s evolution
About 55 million years ago, a warming event that swept the globe had a profound effect on mammals. A Florida…
Read More
Ancient mammals shifted diets as climate changed
A new study shows mammals change their dietary niches based on climate-driven environmental changes, contradicting a common assumption that species…
Read More
Study shows largest North America climate change in 65 million years
The largest climate change in central North America since the age of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, a temperature…
Read More
Plants on the move
Florida Museum of Natural History Paleobotany Curator Steve Manchester has concluded a three-year National Science Foundation project comparing 50-million-year old…
Read More
Global warming dramatically changed ancient forests
Palmettos in Pennsylvania? Magnolias in Minnesota? The migration of subtropical plants to northern climates may not be too far-fetched if…
Read More