The revelation that Earth’s rotation is shifting at speeds not seen in 3.6 million years is a wake-up call for both the scientific community and the general public. It underscores the profound ...

The Pliocene Bouse Formation in western Arizona contains the depositional records of former bodies of water. Reconstructing climate data from the Pliocene epoch could help scientists understand more ...

Researchers have created a map of oceanic “dead zones” that existed during the Pliocene epoch, when the Earth’s climate was two to three degrees warmer than it is now. The work could provide a glimpse ...

For the first time, scientists have measured atmospheric gases from the late Pliocene, yielding data that could help to predict the future climate ...

Year-round ice-free conditions across the surface of the Arctic Ocean could explain why the Earth was substantially warmer during the Pliocene Epoch than it is today, despite similar concentrations of ...