The Pliocene epoch, which lasted from 5.3 million to 2.6 million years ago, was a consequential time in Earth's history. The ...

However, what the mid-Pliocene epoch can teach us about the future seasonal march of the East Asian summer monsoon rainband remains unknown. A study recently published in the Journal of Climate ...

THE question of defining the Pliocene - Pleistocene boundary has become important in recent years, because the practices of different geologists have varied to such an extent that deposits ...

"We are halfway to Pliocene-level warmth in just 150 years," says NASA scientist Gavin Schmidt. As predicted, last year beat 2023 as the warmest year on record, exceeding 1.5°C above pre ...