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

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

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 ...

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.

Scientists are forecasting that atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide will likely peak at around 417 ppm in 2020. With that, humanity will be charging into wholly uncharted territory.

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 ...

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, ...

In total, 36 percent of all Pliocene marine megafauna went extinct. The researchers also looked at the marine megafauna from the Pleistocene Epoch, which followed the Pliocene.