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The climate novelist who transcends despair

The climate novelist who transcends despair

Lydia Millet believes the natural world can help us become more human.
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An unbroken record of climate during the age of dinosaurs

A scientific drilling project in China has retrieved a continuous history of conditions from Earth’s most recent “greenhouse” period that may offer insights about future climate scenarios.
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Climate change 'delayed migration of plant-eating dinosaurs by millions of years'

Plant-eating dinosaurs probably arrived in the northern hemisphere millions of years after their meat-eating cousins, a delay probably caused by climate change, a new study has found.

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Dr. Aja Carter, who studies dinosaurs, says climate change is outpacing animals’ ability to evolve
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Dr. Aja Carter, who studies dinosaurs, says climate change is outpacing animals’ ability to evolve

As part of StateImpact Pennsylvania’s focus on climate change, American Association for the Advancement of Science Mass Media Fellow Donna McDermott spoke to scientists about their connection to one of the world’s critical issues.
Projected CO2 emissions similar to those released by volcanoes during mass extinction event 200 million years ago

Projected CO2 emissions similar to those released by volcanoes during mass extinction event 200 million years ago

Pulses of volcanic eruptions during a mass extinction event 200 million years ago produced the same amount of carbon dioxide as is predicted to be emitted over the 21st century, a study has found.

Earth facing 'global warming Armageddon' in less than 150 years: study

Earth facing 'global warming Armageddon' in less than 150 years: study

Scientists say our planet is just 140 years away from a climate change event similar to one that triggered mass extinctions, according to sobering new research.
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That dinosaur-killing asteroid? It triggered global warming, too
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That dinosaur-killing asteroid? It triggered global warming, too

100,000 years of scorching temperatures may have followed the famous asteroid impact.
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