Rethinking planetary climate controls
Yale researchers have provided a new explanation for why Earth's early climate was more stable and warmer than it is today.
Earth Sciences
Aug 9, 2018
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News tagged with climate evolution
Satellite launched to monitor climate change and vegetation
Two satellites including one dedicated to monitoring the effects of climate change on vegetation were successfully launched into orbit late Tuesday, launch company Arianespace said.
Space Exploration
Aug 2, 2017
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Big-headed gecko shows human actions are messing with evolution
Evolution doesn't have to take millions of years. New research shows that a type of lizard living on man-made islands in Brazil has developed a larger head than its mainland cousins in a period of only 15 years.
Plants & Animals
Aug 1, 2017
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Chillier winters, smaller beaks
Although Charles Darwin lived and worked in the 19th century, modern evolutionary biologists are far from exhausting all avenues of inquiry regarding birds and evolution. For example, in the 1990s, researchers such as Russ ...
Evolution
Jul 13, 2017
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Animals, not drought, shaped our ancestors' environment
The shores of Lake Turkana, in Kenya, are dry and inhospitable, with grasses as the dominant plant type. It hasn't always been that way. Over the last four million years, the Omo-Turkana basin has seen a range of climates ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 26, 2017
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Springs were critical water sources for early humans in East Africa, study finds
About 1 to 2 million years ago, early humans in East Africa periodically faced very dry conditions, with little or no water in sight. But they likely had access to hundreds of springs that lingered despite long dry spells, ...
Archaeology
May 30, 2017
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Large volcanic eruption may have caused the first mass extinction
Researchers in the U.S. and Japan say they may have found the cause of the first mass extinction of life on Earth.
Earth Sciences
May 17, 2017
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Evangelicals are more skeptical of evolution than of climate change: study
Evangelicals are more skeptical of evolution than of climate change, according to new research from Rice University.
Social Sciences
Dec 13, 2016
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Drilling ancient African lakes sheds light on human evolution
How was human evolution and migration influenced by past changes in climate?
Earth Sciences
Feb 26, 2015
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Tiny fish provides giant insight into how organisms adapt to changing environment
An Indiana University-Dartmouth College team has identified genes and regulatory patterns that allow some organisms to alter their body form in response to environmental change.
Evolution
Nov 17, 2014
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