Back to the Miocene: What the climate 13.8 million years ago could tell us about our future world

For prehistory fans, the Miocene, with its fantastic mammal life, is an immensely attractive period. From Dryopithecus, a ...
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Scientists look to the Miocene for clues of what we might expect from global heating caused by fossil fuels

Projections of our future under climate change paint a picture of extreme weather and acidified oceans, a world many of today’s animals — including humans — may struggle, or fail, to survive. Yet ...