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Fossil leaves from Africa resolve a prehistoric climate puzzle and confirm the link between carbon dioxide and global warming. Research previously found conflicting data on high carbon levels and ...

Prehistoric Lifestyles: Building as Climate Allows Humans exist at the mercy of the environment, and when climate is welcoming and stable, ...

During part of the Holocene period some 6,000 to 9,000 years ago, a period of global climate warming occurred producing temperatures as much as 7.2 to 10.8 degrees higher than today.

Mass extinctions are very important to how life evolved on Earth. For example, when an asteroid hit the Earth 66 million years ago, the resulting dinosaur extinction led mammals to take their place.

"Before this work we knew little about the climate during the time when this ice sheet was forming," Huber says. Once the team identified the global cooling, the next step was to find what caused it.

Scientists looked into Earth's ancient history and found that it would take serious action in reducing fossil fuel emissions to prevent our climate from reaching prehistoric warming levels.

And, as we enter another period of global climate instability, these findings may inform humanity’s response. Deepen your worldview with Monitor Highlights.

Object Details Creator Smithsonian Education Views 8,999 Video Title Prehistoric Climate Change: Doing the Math Description Smithsonian paleontologist Scott Wing explains a mathematical formula in the ...

Imagine Wyoming 12,000 years ago: The ice age is over, and it’s warming up for the Holocene. Prehistoric hunters and gatherers inhabit the area. Just like today, there are alpine lakes in the Rocky ...