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Ancient mountains recorded in Antarctic sandstones reveal potential links to global events

Geology Page - August 6, 2020

The composition of fossilised zooplankton shells has enabled the reconstruction of past pH and CO2. Credit: University of Southampton

By 2025, carbon dioxide levels in Earth’s atmosphere will be higher than at any time in the last 3.3 million years

A lump of coal weathering out from Siberian flood basalts in a quarry near the town of Ust Ilimsk Credit: Scott Simper

Coal-burning in Siberia led to climate change 250 million years ago

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Volcanic carbon dioxide emissions helped trigger Triassic climate change

Galleria delle Stalattiti, Corchia Cave. Credit: Linda Tegg

What causes an ice age to end?

Digging deeper: Study improves permafrost models, reduces uncertainties

Geology Page - March 16, 2016

Climate variations analyzed five million years back in time

Geology Page - March 16, 2016

With Climate, Fertilizing Oceans Could Be Zero-Sum Game

Geology Page - March 4, 2016

How Climate Change Will Affect Western Groundwater

Geology Page - February 29, 2016

Climate change speeds up gully erosion

Geology Page - February 26, 2016

Human-made climate change suppresses the next ice age

Geology Page - January 18, 2016

Mountains west of Boulder continue to lose ice as climate warms

Geology Page - January 13, 2016

Growth rings on rocks give up North American climate secrets

Geology Page - January 12, 2016

Deep-water ocean circulation, marine biodiversity and climate change

Geology Page - January 7, 2016

Current pace of environmental change is unprecedented in Earth’s history

Geology Page - January 6, 2016

Reptile fossils offer clues about elevation history of Andes Mountains and...

Geology Page - December 30, 2015

The patchy weather in the centre of the Earth

Geology Page - December 22, 2015

East Antarctic Ice Sheet has stayed frozen for 14 million yearsa

Geology Page - December 16, 2015

New research shows Earth’s tilt influences climate change

Geology Page - December 15, 2015

Dissecting paleoclimate change

Geology Page - December 3, 2015

Investigating the effects of volcanoes on climate

Geology Page - December 3, 2015

Climate study finds evidence of global shift in the 1980s

Geology Page - November 25, 2015

Mountain ranges evolve and respond to Earth’s climate, study shows

Geology Page - November 24, 2015

Climate can grind mountains faster than they can be rebuilt, study...

Geology Page - November 24, 2015

Geological relics point to Nullarbor climate shift

Geology Page - November 23, 2015

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