The Pliocene epoch, which lasted from 5.3 million to 2.6 million years ago, was a consequential time in Earth's history. The ...

We could have cleaner air, water and land, a stabler climate, more green spaces, better jobs and working conditions, greater ...

2024 is already nearing that level, with temperatures now close to the Pliocene era warmth ... per million pre-industrial levels. Changes in climate are now visible at the local level, with ...

These sharks regulated populations of small fish, contributing to the balance of marine ecosystems during the Miocene and Pliocene epochs ... is essential for anticipating the impacts of current ...

It would thus appear that since the accumulation of the boulder-clay a gradual amelioration of climate has taken place; but the change from Arctic conditions has evidently been less decided on the ...

The remains were unearthed by experts from the early Pliocene site of Langebaanweg ... "The Langebaanweg fossils are at a crossroads of climate and environmental change giving us insight into ...

“When changes happen in the climate, you see it first in the global mean ... Celsius warmer than pre-industrial levels,” Schmidt said. “We are halfway to Pliocene-level warmth in just 150 years.” ...