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Back to the Miocene: What the climate 13.8 million years ago could tell us about our future world Scientists look to the Miocene for clues of what we might expect from global heating caused by ...
A new study reveals that vegetation shifts—triggered by global cooling and paleogeographic change—also accelerated major climate changes during the Late Miocene, creating a feedback loop.
This biosphere reserve in southeastern Alaska consists of two units, Glacier Bay and Admiralty Island. Glacial advance and retreat that have been occurring since the mid Miocene shaped the landscape ...
Greg Francek thought he was looking at a piece of petrified wood. But the fossil wasn’t a singular find — it was a key to a 10.8-mile fossil discovery that is being called one of California ...
Large chunk of glacier breaks off, burying 90% of Swiss village 01:05. Geneva — The search for a 64-year-old man was suspended Thursday due to unsafe conditions after a huge mass of rock and ice ...
A study provides insights into the locomotion of the late Miocene hominoid Oreopithecus bambolii. The skeleton of O. bambolii, a hominoid from Europe dating from 8.3 to 6.7 million years ago in ...
A 64-year-old man is missing after the majority of a Swiss village was swallowed by a 'gigantic landslide' following a Glacier collapse, authorities have said.
Miocene period fossil forest of Wataria found in Japan. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2023 / 07 / 230721113246.htm ...
About 2,000 well-preserved fossils tell researchers about the Miocene, a little-understood but pivotal time period in Australia's natural history.