A 101-cm core was taken from a large lake in the central Tibetan Plateau. Its pollen and loss-on-ignition analyses provide a Holocene vegetational, climatic, and environmental history of the lake ...

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Geologists have assigned the present time to the Holocene Epoch of the Quaternary Period, part of the Cenozoic Era, on the time scale of the 4.6-billion-year history of the Earth. However ...

Our aims were to reconstruct the latitudinal history of vegetation composition and diversity from the mid to late Holocene in the treeline area of northern Siberia based on pollen and sedaDNA analyses ...

Researchers identified the fossil as Glyptodon reticulatus, a megafauna species from the Late Pleistocene epoch.

Pleistocene: The geological epoch that lasted from about 2.6 million to 11,700 years ago, characterized by repeated glacial cycles and significant changes in flora and fauna. Holocene: The current ...

Technically, the current epoch is the Holocene, but human activity has altered the world so significantly, that, with our usual species-centric perspective, we have shunned hubris and given the ...

But during the Mid-Holocene epoch, warm season temperatures more resembled those of the mid-to-late-20th-century. This allowed forests in the area to reach mountainside elevations as high as ...

As a result, our planet has transitioned from the Holocene Epoch to a new geological epoch known as the Anthropocene Epoch. For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel.

Last Epoch Season 2 launches April 2nd with new content, revamped classes, and improved gameplay mechanics. The update includes new Echo type, Weaver faction, expanded crafting system, and more ...