UNDERSTANDING past climates is crucial to understanding future ones, and few things have been more important to that historical insight than fossil foraminifera. Forams, as they are known, are ...

Chronicling Earth's past temperature swings is a basic part of understanding climate change. One of the best records of past ocean temperatures can be found in the shells of marine creatures called ...

Every fossil has many stories to tell. From the most spectacular dinosaur skeleton to the most common little foram shell, every fossil fragment and trace contains clues about prehistoric lives, ...

The chemistry of shells of plankton called foraminifera are a record of past climate. Recent experiments show magnesium levels vary in foram shells due to different growth rates during daily ...