A research project is collecting ice cores from glaciers and icefields before they melt way. The aim is to study both the ...

Palaeoclimatologists have long focused on the Holocene — the current interglacial period — for such work because global climate boundary conditions were broadly similar to those of today.

As this graph shows, one such jump occurred about 12,000 years ago, as the last glacial period (the Pleistocene) was giving way to our current warm "interglacial" period (the Holocene).

The findings show the world’s tropical regions have already warmed past limits last seen at the outset of the Holocene age. Scientists have predicted glaciers would melt, or retreat, as temperatures ...

North America was no different, with Canadian flora and fauna thriving in the newfound warmth. ...

There are times when the global climate is warmer (interglacial phases ... This current warm phase is known as the Holocene. The Holocene and Pleistocene are part of the Quaternary Period of ...

Paleoclimate scientists are trying to understand the causes of the ~90 parts per million (ppmv) atmospheric CO 2 swings between glacial and interglacial ... and during the Holocene (the warm ...

Nick is a paleoclimatologist and his research examines how recent climate changes due to global warming compare to past centuries and millennia by interpreting clues in geologic archives. He primarily ...

We currently live in what is called the Holocene Epoch, which reflects everything that has happened over the past 11,700 years - since a dramatic warming kicked us out of the last ice age.

My current research seeks to understand how climate-driven geochemical changes can be amplified or moderated by biologic feedbacks over time as life responds to changes in the environment. This work ...

There are times when global climate is warmer (interglacial phases) and times when it has been cooler (glacial phases), when there have been ice ages.