Learn why the idea of an ancient African drying period is now being challenged and what this means for the story of the first ...

Before we put ourselves on a clear path to overshooting the maximum global heating target we set for ourselves, a different epoch, the Pliocene (which took over from the Miocene and ended just 2.4 ...

However, what the mid-Pliocene epoch can teach us about the future seasonal march of the East Asian summer monsoon rainband ...

The Pliocene epoch was a paradise for primates. But that ended 2.6 million years as ice sheets started to expand.

The Pliocene epoch, which lasted from 5.3 million to 2.6 million years ago, was a consequential time in Earth's history. The ...

As it turns out, 36 percent of marine megafauna died out at the end of the Pliocene epoch. That’s over a third of the mammals, sharks, turtles, and seabirds that died out as the climate changed.

The identified species lived during the Pliocene Epoch, which lasted between 2.6 and 5.3 million years ago. During that epoch was the period of time known as the Stone Age, and just after the ...

Rising CO2 levels are pushing earth beyond any climatic conditions ever experienced by humans, scientists warn. Global mean temperatures are rising much faster than any time since the Pliocene ...

In fact, atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide are similar to where they were during the mid-Pliocene epoch, about 4.3 million years ago, NOAA said.

Atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide are now similar to where they were during the mid-Pliocene epoch, about 4.3 million years ago, NOAA said.

In the Pliocene epoch, the growth of ice at the poles led to frequent sea level changes and loss of important offshore habitats. An accompanying extinction event led to a decline in large prey, ...

The resulting population composition of Langebaanweg sabertooths (Machairodontini, Metailurini, and Feline) reflects the increasing global temperatures and environmental changes of the Pliocene epoch.