Wednesday, Jun 3, 2026

"glacial-interglacial-cycles"

Is the current temperature hotter than at any point in the past 100,000 years?

Paleoclimate scientists utilize data from various natural archives to reconstruct temperatures from periods predating the invention of thermometers.
Newly discovered African ‘climate seesaw’ drove human evolution

Glacial-interglacial cycles strongly impact patterns of climate change in many parts of the world and were also assumed to regulate environmental changes in Africa during the critical period of human evolution.