The Miocene is even named using the Greek words ... many of its ‘tippable’ subsystems such as glaciers, sea ice, forest biomes, deserts and coral reefs will be permanently destabilized ...
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Back to the Miocene: What the climate 13.8 million years ago could tell us about our future worldThe Miocene is even named using the Greek words ... many of its ‘tippable’ subsystems such as glaciers, sea ice, forest biomes, deserts and coral reefs will be permanently destabilized ...
We begin this discussion of our species' evolution in Africa, near the end of the geological time period known as the Miocene, just before our lineage diverged from that of chimpanzees and bonobos.
This ecosystem was significantly different from the present, as Earth was experiencing the Middle Miocene Climate Optimum, a period characterized by higher temperatures and greater forest coverage.
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