To understand how global warming could influence future climate, scientists look to the Paleogene Period that began 66 million years ago, covering a time when Earth's atmospheric carbon dioxide levels ...

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Majorities in all but three countries – Israel, Nigeria and the U.S. – see climate change as a major threat. Around eight-in-ten hold this view in Argentina, Brazil, France, Japan and South Korea.

Timothy Neal does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

One of the standout findings from the Paleogene record is that rainfall patterns shifted dramatically during periods of extreme warmth.

For the United States to address the global health risks posed by accelerating climate change, it will need to reframe climate adaptation as a pragmatic policy that can bridge partisan divides and ...

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Then-U.S. climate envoy John Kerry and his delegation meet with Chinese climate envoy Xie Zhenhua in Beijing, China, July 17, 2023. Credit: U.S. State Department photo The collapse of climate ...

"It has to do with the variability and the distribution of precipitation over time. If there are relatively long dry spells and then, in between, very wet periods—as in a strongly monsoonal ...