Researchers report that a proxy-based reconstruction of sea surface temperatures in the Oligocene, 33.9-23.0 million years ago, combined with climate modeling suggests a warm global climate in the ...

Earth Under Global Cooling Date: April 9, 2009 Source: The Geological Society of America Summary: Thirty-four-million years ago, Earth changed profoundly.

These records reveal orbital-scale Asian monsoon variability in the high-CO 2, warm-climate world of the Late Oligocene, 20 Myr before Northern Hemisphere glaciation.

Global warming does not affect our planet evenly. Some areas such as the Arctic region or high mountain peaks warm faster ...

Global efforts include programs and partnerships worldwide, from Asia to Europe to Africa, and extensive work in human rights using geospatial technology to corroborate abuses. Science and policy ...

The climate shift “was a real reset button. ... The fossil species that re-appear later in the Oligocene, after the big extinction event, are not the same as those that were found before.