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Megafaunal extinctions driven by too much moisture

Geology Page - April 18, 2017

Ice age thermostat prevented extreme climate cooling

Historical copper trapped in ice

Earth’s orbital variations, sea ice synch glacial periods

Researcher examines plants encased in tar pits to reconstruct ice age ecosystem

Inception of the last ice age

Geology Page - January 17, 2017

Ice Age ‘skeleton crew’ offers insights for today’s endangered species

Geology Page - January 13, 2017

During last period of global warming, Antarctica warmed 2 to 3...

Geology Page - December 9, 2016

Greenland on thin ice?

Geology Page - December 7, 2016

Ice Age hunters destroyed forests throughout Europe

Geology Page - December 2, 2016

West Antarctic ice shelf breaking up from the inside out

Geology Page - November 28, 2016

Dino-killing crater shows clues about Ice Age sea level

Geology Page - November 24, 2016

Seeing under Antarctica’s ice

Geology Page - November 17, 2016

Quest begins for oldest ice on Earth

Geology Page - November 14, 2016

The 100,000 year problem

Geology Page - October 26, 2016

Lazarus ice

Geology Page - October 10, 2016

Ice cores reveal a slow decline in atmospheric oxygen over the...

Geology Page - October 3, 2016

Tracking the amount of sea ice from the Greenland ice sheet

Geology Page - September 28, 2016

Super-slow circulation allowed world’s oceans to store huge amounts of carbon...

Geology Page - June 27, 2016

Siberian larch forests are still linked to the ice age

Geology Page - June 25, 2016

Ancient DNA shows perfect storm felled Ice Age giants

Geology Page - June 18, 2016

Ice age bison fossils shed light on early human migrations in...

Geology Page - June 7, 2016

Evidence of ice age at Martian north pole

Geology Page - May 27, 2016

New Ice Age knowledge

Geology Page - May 14, 2016

Increase in volcanic eruptions at the end of the ice age...

Geology Page - February 2, 2016

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This is PhD student Mohamad Bazzi with a fossil lamniform shark tooth

The end-Cretaceous extinction unleashed modern shark diversity

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Predicting coral reef futures under climate change

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Mercury rising?

March 19, 2016

Diamonds from the Juina area: most of these are superdeep diamonds. Credit: Graham Pearson

Superdeep diamonds confirm ancient reservoir deep under Earth’s surface

August 17, 2019

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