Prehistoric climate change repeatedly channelled human migrations across Arabia
New research shows that over the last 400,000 years, multiple pulses of increased rainfall transformed the generally arid Arabian Peninsula into a hospitable route for human population movements across...
View ArticleBy 2500 earth could be alien to humans
To fully grasp and plan for climate impacts under any scenario, researchers and policymakers must look well beyond the 2100 benchmark. Unless CO2 emissions drop significantly, global warming by 2500...
View Article“Volcanic winter” likely contributed to ecological catastrophe 250 million...
A team of scientists has identified an additional force that likely contributed to a mass extinction event 250 million years ago. Its analysis of minerals in southern China indicate that volcano...
View ArticleResearchers determine what caused the Liangzhu Culture collapse
The Liangzhu Culture, referred to as “China’s Venice of the Stone Age” was the last Neolithic jade culture in the Yangtze River Delta of China. The Liangzhu Culture emerged at the Liangzhu City site, a...
View ArticleLost world gives glimpse of planet before last Ice Age
A lost world in Mexico has offered scientists a glimpse of the planet before the last Ice Age. Scientists have identified a mangrove forest located on the San Pedro Martir River, which is the last...
View ArticleResearch reveals ancient Maya lessons on surviving drought
A new study casts doubt on drought as the driver of ancient Mayan civilisation collapse. There is no dispute that a series of droughts occurred in the Yucatan Peninsula of southeastern Mexico and...
View ArticleHeritage sites in Africa threatened by climate change
Heritage of Outstanding and Universal Value located along the African coast is at risk from climate change. A global team of climate risk and heritage experts, where Dr Nicholas Simpson from the...
View ArticleWell-preserved fossils could be consequence of past global climate change
Climate change can affect life on Earth. According to new research, it can also affect the dead. A study of exceptionally preserved fossils led by a graduate student at The University of Texas at...
View ArticleWhy did the Vikings abandon Greenland?
A study led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst and published recently in Science Advances, upends the previously accepted theory on why the Vikings abandoned Greenland. Greenland, or Grœnland...
View ArticleMarine mollusc shells reveal how prehistoric humans adapted to intense...
Current global climatic warming is having, and will continue to have, widespread consequences for human history, in the same way that environmental fluctuations had significant consequences for human...
View ArticleAncient oak trees to shed light on the climate of the past 4500 years
Researchers will soon be able to reconstruct the climate of north-west Europe including the UK over the last 4500 years, and to date wooden buildings and objects more accurately, by analysing the...
View ArticleNeanderthals of the north
Were Neanderthals really as well adapted to a life in the cold as previously assumed, or did they prefer more temperate environmental conditions during the last Ice Age? To answer these questions, it...
View ArticleDroughts in the sixth century paved the way for Islam
Extreme dry conditions contributed to the decline of the ancient South Arabian kingdom of Himyar. Combined with political unrest and war, the droughts left behind a region in disarray, thereby creating...
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Climate change reveals archaeological treasures in melting ice
Melting ice patches across Norway are revealing archaeological treasures from thousands of years ago that are under threat from climate change. In recent years, hundreds of discoveries have been made...
View ArticleConnections between climate change and civil unrest among the ancient Maya
An extended period of turmoil in the Maya city of Mayapan in Mexico was marked by population declines, political rivalries and civil conflict. Between AD 1441 and 1461 the strife reached an unfortunate...
View ArticleEarly humans were drawn to Kalahari during water-rich periods
Evidence of water-rich periods in the Kalahari attracted early humans, according to a new study published in the journal PLOS ONE. The Kalahari is a large semi-arid sandy savanna in Southern Africa,...
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Sustainability of the Nile since the construction of the Aswan Dam
For thousands of years, the people of North Eastern Africa have relied on the Nile River as their primary source of life sustaining water. One of the longest rivers in the world, the Nile flows for...
View ArticleArchaeologists give new insights into final blow of autonomous Ancient Palmyra
Archaeologists conducting a study to estimate the maximum productivity of the land around Palmyra are revealing new insights that questions the historical narrative. Palmya is located in present-day...
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View ArticleTree ring study suggests drought encouraged Attila’s Huns to attack the Roman...
A study of tree rings suggests that the Hunnic peoples migrated westward across Eurasia, switched between farming and herding, and became violent raiders in response to severe drought in the Danube...
View ArticleAncient mummy labels help to reconstruct climate of Roman Egypt
A project funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) is using mummy labels to help reconstruct the climate of Roman Egypt. Mummy labels are small labels made of wood, faience, or ivory,...
View ArticleLessons for a secure food future can be drawn from the Medieval ‘Green...
Archaeologists aim to uncover how societies in the Western Mediterranean region overcame environmental obstacles and sparked a ‘green revolution’ that lasted for a millennium. A group of scientists...
View ArticleLibyan archaeological sites in danger due to coastal erosion
A study published in the open-access journal PLOS ONE, reveals that escalating coastal erosion poses a threat to the preservation of archaeological sites located along the Libyan shoreline. Eastern...
View ArticlePeriods of prolonged droughts caused downfall of Indus megacities
A new study by the University of Cambridge has found new evidence locked away in stalagmite formations in a Himalayan cave, suggesting that the downfall of the Indus megacities was caused by periods of...
View ArticleArid regions of South Africa were once home to ancient lakes
Recently discovered evidence supporting the existence of ancient lakes in remarkably dry areas of South Africa indicates that Stone Age humans may have inhabited a more extensive range across the...
View ArticleChimú Culture constructed 10 km wall to protect capital against El Niño events
Archaeologists conducting a study of the Muralla La Cumbre, a 10 km wall in northern Peru, have concluded that the Chimú Culture constructed the wall to protect the capital of Chan Chan against El Niño...
View ArticleExtreme cooling caused extinction of early humans in Europe
Study led by the University College London (UCL) suggests that an extreme cooling period approximately 1.1 million years ago likely contributed to the extinction of early human populations in Europe....
View ArticleUS Navy ships from WWII provide new climate evidence
Researchers have recovered the logbooks from US Navy ships stationed at Pearl Harbour, providing new evidence for understanding how the global climate is changing. The ships were bombed during the...
View ArticleSource of Snowball Earth solved
Geologists have solved the source of Snowball Earth, a period when the planet’s environment was an extreme “icehouse”. A new study by the University of Sydney has applied plate tectonic modelling to...
View ArticleClimate change threatens thousands of Native American and colonial sites in...
Thousands of Native American and colonial sites in Georgia are under threat from increasing storm surges caused by climate change, according to a new study published in the journal PLOS One. The study...
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