GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- A new international analysis of marine fossils shows that warming of the polar oceans during the Eocene, a greenhouse period that provides a glimpse of Earth's potential future ...

From an evolutionary perspective, is bigger always better? The journey the thunder beasts took to reach such mega proportions from such humble beginnings forces us to ask an important question, one ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. After an asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs struck the Earth, the ...

At the end of the Eocene epoch, permanent ice cover developed over Antarctica as the Earth began to cool from greenhouse warmth. Sediment records off the Antarctic coast show spikes in weathering rate ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A longstanding theory that provides much of the basis for our understanding of climate change – that the mile-thick ice sheet covering Antarctica developed because of a shift in ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The Arctic Circle hasn’t always been so, well, arctic. About 52 ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A longstanding theory that provides much of the basis for our understanding of climate change - that the mile-thick ice sheet covering Antarctica developed because of a shift in ...