However, human-induced climate change is driving temperature increases at an alarming rate. This current rate of warming is faster than the most rapid warming events in the Phanerozoic and is ...

The findings also reveal that the Earth’s current GMST of 59 degrees Fahrenheit (15 degrees Celsius) is cooler than Earth has been over much of the Phanerozoic. But greenhouse gas emissions caused by ...

Some other episodes of rapid climate change earlier in the Phanerozoic sparked mass extinctions, the researchers on this study concluded. “Humans, and the species we share the planet with, ...

The "Big Five" mass extinctions of the Phanerozoic Eon have long attracted significant attention from the geoscience community and the public. Among them, the Late Ordovician Mass Extinction (LOME ...

But greenhouse gas emissions from human-caused climate change are currently warming the planet at a much faster rate than even the fastest warming events of the Phanerozoic, the reseaerchers say.

Smithsonian paleontologists Scott Wing and Brian Huber wanted to include a temperature curve in the show’s displays that would help visitors understand how Earth’s climate has changed over the ...

Fossil algae reveal 500 million years of climate change. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2018 / 11 / 181128141822.htm ...

Scientists have captured Earth’s climate over the last 485 million years. Here’s the surprising place we stand now. An effort to understand Earth’s past climates uncovered a history of wild ...

The "Big Five" mass extinctions of the Phanerozoic Eon have long attracted significant attention from the geoscience community and the public. Among them, the Late Ordovician Mass Extinction (LOME ...