Regional and global climate for the mid-Pliocene using the University of Toronto version of CCSM4 and PlioMIP2 boundary conditions. Clim. Past. Vol. 13, 2017, p. 919.

The study questions the long-held belief that northern Africa became arid around 3 million years ago, which coincides with ...

Sea-surface-temperature proxy data for a period of natural climate warming during the Pliocene are used in this study to show how palaeoclimatic data can help ‘ground truth’ numerical models ...

Well, if you want to know how the climate-changed future will unfold, look at the past: In the Pliocene, 2.6 to 5 million years ago, carbon dioxide levels were about what they are today but with ...

More information: Jessica E. Tierney et al, Pliocene Warmth and Patterns of Climate Change Inferred From Paleoclimate Data ...

Climate models for the early Pliocene might be missing key processes. If researchers can uncover these missing processes, they can apply them to models of modern climate and improve future climate ...

A study led by researchers from Brown University finds that rainfall patterns across northern Africa remained largely stable ...

Researchers focused on the climate of the Pliocene, over 3 million years ago, the last time Earth has seen concentrations of over 400 PPM CO2 in the atmosphere, similar to today's concentrations.

By analyzing ancient climate data, ... New research suggests that these types of storms were intensified in the Pliocene, driving wetter conditions across much of the desert southwest. view more .

While the early Pliocene has attracted the interest of researchers looking to understand today's warming climate, the planet was a markedly different place 4 to 5 million years ago.