Since the end of the Last Glacial Period around 11,700 years ago, Earth's climate has fluctuated between dry and wet periods as a response to natural and human-induced variability. Changes in water ...

The Holocene Epoch, which witnessed milestones from the development of Crater Lake to the invention of the electric guitar, died prematurely Monday in Cape Town at the age of 11,650. It is survived ...

Objection: It was warmer during the Holocene Climatic Optimum than it is today — without any human influence. Answer: Though some temperatures during that period were in the same range as today, they ...

Millet has been an important crop in East Asia for much of the Holocene, a period beginning about 11,700 years ago. To better ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Scientists have resolved a controversial but key climate change mystery, bolstering climate ...

A recent study published in the International Journal of Osteoarchaeology documented skeletal changes linked to scurvy in ...

A detailed survey of the volcanic underwater deposits around the Kikai caldera in Japan clarified the deposition mechanisms as well as the event's magnitude. As a result, the research team found that ...

Atmospheric methane concentrations decreased during the early to middle Holocene; however, the governing mechanisms remain controversial. Although it has been suggested that the mid-Holocene minimum ...

After 11,700 years, the Holocene epoch may be coming to an end, with a group of geologists, climate scientists and ecologists meeting in Berlin this week to decide whether humanity's impact on the ...