Ancient African topography remotely modulated the South Asian summer monsoon millions of years ago, study finds

The South Asian summer monsoon sustains billions of people today. For a long time, the prevailing scientific view has held ...
Earth.com

Volcanoes in the Andes may have cooled Earth by supercharging ocean life

Volcanic ash from the Andes fed ocean life, increased algae growth, and reduced carbon dioxide, slowly cooling Earth millions ...
Salon

Scientists look to the Miocene for clues of what we might expect from global heating caused by fossil fuels

Projections of our future under climate change paint a picture of extreme weather and acidified oceans, a world many of today’s animals — including humans — may struggle, or fail, to survive. Yet ...

Scientists Rethink Extreme Warming After Surprising Ocean Discovery

Researchers have applied a temperature proxy to exceptionally well-preserved fossil phytoplankton for the first time. The ...
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Anacondas stayed giant for 12 million years

Scientists have found that anacondas have kept their massive size for over 12 million years, unlike most other prehistoric ...
Tehran Times

Iranian paleontologist unveils world’s first fossilized bird mating dance in Miocene strata

This unprecedented find sheds light on avian behavior dating back 13–15 million years and marks a major milestone in behavioral paleontology. Unlike typical trace fossils that preserve isolated ...
Forbes

What Do Sperm Whales Have To Do With Late Miocene Sharks? A Lot, It Turns Out.

It’s a show-down as old as time: grand behemouth of a marine mammal versus ancient monster of a shark. These shark–cetacean trophic interactions span eons, preserved as bite marks in our fossil record ...