Abstract The Miocene epoch (23.03–5.33 Ma) was a time interval of global warmth, relative
to today. Continental configurations and mountain topography transitioned toward modern …

Tropical Africa is home to an astonishing biodiversity occurring in a variety of ecosystems.
Past climatic change and geological events have impacted the evolution and diversification …

The alkenone–p CO2 methodology has been used to reconstruct the partial pressure of
ancient atmospheric carbon dioxide (p CO2) for the past 45 million years of Earth's history …

A 617 site palaeobotanical dataset for the Mid to Late Miocene is presented. This dataset is
internally consistent and provides a comprehensive overview of vegetational change from …

Abstract The Miocene Climatic Optimum (MCO; ca. 17–14.7 Ma) represents one of several
major interruptions in the long-term cooling trend of the past 50 my To date, the processes …

The middle Miocene Climatic Optimum (17–15Ma; MCO) is a period of global warmth and
relatively high CO2 and is thought to be associated with a significant retreat of the Antarctic …

Reconstructing long-term continental temperature change provides the required counterpart
to age equivalent marine records and can reveal how terrestrial and marine temperatures …

Abstract The Miocene epoch, spanning 23.03–5.33 Ma, was a dynamic climate of sustained,
polar amplified warmth. Miocene atmospheric CO2 concentrations are typically …

Large igneous provinces (LIPs) are the products of exceptional magmatic events that played
important roles in tectonic plate reorganizations, environmental crises, energy resource …

Geological records from the Antarctic margin offer direct evidence of environmental
variability at high southern latitudes and provide insight regarding ice sheet sensitivity to …