Tag Archives: Pleistocene

The near future may be similar to the mid-Pliocene warm period a few million years ago. Daniel Eskridge / shutterstock Dan Lunt, University of Bristol and Darrell Kaufman, Northern Arizona University Many numbers are swirling around the climate negotiations at the UN climate summit in Glasgow, COP26. These include global warming targets of 1.5℃ and 2.0℃, recent warming of 1.1℃, …

These fossil trackways resemble the tracks left by flamingos today, but are bigger. Just above the scale bar one can see (more faintly) the ‘tramline traces’ made by the ancient birds’ stomping action. Charles Helm Charles Helm, Nelson Mandela University If you visit a particular stretch of South Africa’s Cape South coast, about 400km east of Cape Town, you are …