//www.koonmotors.com/news/fossils_ruins/early_climate/ News about ancient climates and how they help us understand climate change. Read science articles on the climate record of planet Earth. Updated frequently. en-us Thu, 07 Sep 2023 22:54:46 EDT Thu, 07 Sep 2023 22:54:46 EDT 60 //www.koonmotors.com/images/scidaily-logo-rss.png//www.koonmotors.com/news/fossils_ruins/early_climate/ For more science news, visit ScienceDaily. //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/09/230907130321.htm New research has uncovered a possible clue as to why glaciers that terminate at the sea are retreating at unprecedented rates: the bursting of tiny, pressurized bubbles in underwater ice. Thu, 07 Sep 2023 13:03:21 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/09/230907130321.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/09/230907105813.htm Antarctica's vast ice masses seem far away, yet they store enough water to raise global sea levels by several meters. A team of experts has now provided the first systematic stability inspection of the ice sheet's current state. Their diagnosis: While they found no indication of irreversible, self-reinforcing retreat of the ice sheet in West Antarctica yet, global warming to date could already be enough to trigger the slow but certain loss of ice over the next hundreds to thousands of years. Thu, 07 Sep 2023 10:58:13 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/09/230907105813.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230818004744.htm Radiocarbon dating on bones in the La Brea Tar Pits lead archaeologists to warn that history may be repeating itself. Fri, 18 Aug 2023 00:47:44 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230818004744.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230814122355.htm Recent paleogenomic research revealed that interbreeding was common among early human species. However, little was known about when, where, and how often this hominin interbreeding took place. Using paleoanthropological evidence, genetic data, and supercomputer simulations of past climate, a team of international researchers has found that interglacial climates and corresponding shifts in vegetation created common habitats for Neanderthals and Denisovans, increasing their chances for interbreeding and gene flow in parts of Europe and central Asia. Mon, 14 Aug 2023 12:23:55 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230814122355.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230814122252.htm A new study shows that the cheek teeth of proboscideans (elephants and their ancient relatives) evolved in response to dietary changes due to vegetation changes and climate change in East Africa during the last 26 million years. Mon, 14 Aug 2023 12:22:52 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230814122252.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230810141046.htm A new study finds that past changes in atmospheric CO2 and corresponding shifts in climate and vegetation played a key role in determining when and where early human species interbred. Thu, 10 Aug 2023 14:10:46 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230810141046.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230810141044.htm A new study finds that around 1.12 million years ago a massive cooling event in the North Atlantic and corresponding shifts in climate, vegetation and food resources disrupted early human occupation of Europe. Thu, 10 Aug 2023 14:10:44 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230810141044.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230809130724.htm New research links chemical changes in seawater to volcanic activity and changes. Wed, 09 Aug 2023 13:07:24 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230809130724.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230809130604.htm If climate models predict that much of tropical Africa will become wetter with a warming climate, then why does it keep getting drier in the Horn of Africa? Wed, 09 Aug 2023 13:06:04 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230809130604.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230804123707.htm A subpolar species associated with Atlantic water expanded far into the Arctic Ocean during the Last Interglacial, analysis of microfossil content of sediment cores reveals. This implies that summers in the Arctic were ice free during this period. Fri, 04 Aug 2023 12:37:07 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230804123707.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230803113009.htm An international drilling expedition off the Norwegian coast confirms the theory that methane emissions from hydrothermal vents were responsible for global warming about 55 million years ago. The study shows that the vents were active in very shallow water depth or even above sea level, which would have allowed much larger amounts of methane to enter the atmosphere. Thu, 03 Aug 2023 11:30:09 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230803113009.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230802132018.htm 一个化学过程用于食品的褐变give it its distinct smell and taste is probably happening deep in the oceans, where it helped create the conditions necessary for life. Known as the Maillard reaction after the French scientist who discovered it, the process converts small molecules of organic carbon into bigger molecules known as polymers. In the kitchen, it is used to create flavors and aromas out of sugars. But a research team argues that on the sea floor, the process has had a more fundamental effect, where it has helped to raise oxygen and reduce carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere, to create the conditions for complex life forms to emerge and thrive on Earth. Wed, 02 Aug 2023 13:20:18 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230802132018.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230801152800.htm A patch of ocean in the North Atlantic is stubbornly cooling while much of the planet warms. This anomaly -- dubbed the 'cold blob' -- has been linked to changes in ocean circulation, but a new study found changes in large-scale atmospheric patterns may play an equally important role, according to an international research team. Tue, 01 Aug 2023 15:28:00 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/08/230801152800.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230731110721.htm In past ice ages, the intensity of summer insolation affected the emergence of warm and cold periods and played an important role in triggering abrupt climate changes, a study by climate researchers, geoscientists, and environmental physicists suggests. Using stalagmites in the European Alps, they were able to demonstrate that warm phases appeared primarily when the summer insolation reached maxima in the Northern Hemisphere. Mon, 31 Jul 2023 11:07:21 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230731110721.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230721113113.htm A large portion of Greenland was an ice-free tundra landscape -- perhaps covered by trees and roaming woolly mammoths -- in the recent geologic past (about 416,000 years ago), a new study shows. The results help overturn a previous view that much of the Greenland ice sheet persisted for most of the last two and a half million years. Instead, moderate warming, from 424,000 to 374,000 years ago, led to dramatic melting. At that time, the melting of Greenland caused at least five feet of sea level rise, despite atmospheric levels of heat-trapping carbon dioxide being far lower than today (280 vs. 420 ppm). This indicates that the ice sheet on Greenland may be more sensitive to human-caused climate change than previously understood -- and will be vulnerable to irreversible, rapid melting in coming centuries. Fri, 21 Jul 2023 11:31:13 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230721113113.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230711133248.htm An international team of researchers has chosen the location which best represents the beginnings of what could be a new geological epoch, the Anthropocene. The Anthropocene Working Group have put forward Crawford Lake, in Canada, as a Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the Anthropocene. A GSSP is an internationally agreed-upon reference point to show the start of a new geological period or epoch in layers of rock that have built up through the ages. Tue, 11 Jul 2023 13:32:48 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230711133248.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230710180446.htm Research shows global cooling of the climate 10 million years ago led to an explosion of diversity in terrestrial orchids. Mon, 10 Jul 2023 18:04:46 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230710180446.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230706152402.htm Researchers are using a new model to clarify why millions of years ago more animal species from Asia made the leap to the Australian continent than vice versa. The climate in which the species evolved played an important role. Thu, 06 Jul 2023 15:24:02 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230706152402.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230706124515.htm As the Arctic warms, shrinking glaciers are exposing bubbling groundwater springs which could provide an underestimated source of the potent greenhouse gas methane, finds new research. Thu, 06 Jul 2023 12:45:15 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230706124515.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230703133053.htm An El Niño event has officially begun. The climate phenomenon, which originates in the tropical Pacific and occurs in intervals of a few years will shape weather across the planet for the next year or more and give rise to various climatic extremes. El Niño-like conditions can also occur on longer time scales of decades or centuries. This has been shown to have occurred in the recent past. Mon, 03 Jul 2023 13:30:53 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/07/230703133053.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230628201312.htm Scientists have wondered what happens to the organic and inorganic carbon that Earth's Pacific Plate carries with it as it slides into the planet's interior along the volcano-studded Ring of Fire. A new study suggests a notable amount of such subducted carbon returns to the atmosphere rather than traveling deep into Earth's mantle. Wed, 28 Jun 2023 20:13:12 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230628201312.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230628131038.htm Volcanic disasters have been studied since Pompeii was buried in 79 A.D., leading the public to believe that scientists already know why, where, when and how long volcanoes will erupt. But a volcanologist said these fundamental questions remain a mystery. Wed, 28 Jun 2023 13:10:38 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230628131038.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230628125214.htm An analysis of oxygen levels in Earth's oceans may provide some rare, good news about the health of the seas in a future, globally warmed world. A study analyzing ocean sediment shows that ocean oxygen levels in a key area were higher during the Miocene warm period, some 16 million years ago when the Earth's temperature was hotter than it is today. Wed, 28 Jun 2023 12:52:14 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230628125214.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230620113755.htm Machine learning can help extract important information from the huge numbers of plant specimens stored in herbaria, say scientists. Tue, 20 Jun 2023 11:37:55 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230620113755.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230615183117.htm The Ontong Java Plateau, a volcanically-formed underwater plateau located in the Pacific Ocean north of the Solomon Islands, is younger and its eruption was more protracted than previously thought, new research suggests. Thu, 15 Jun 2023 18:31:17 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230615183117.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230615183112.htm 气候变化在当前时代已经创建的问题ms for humans such as wildfires and reduced growing seasons for staple crops, spilling over into economic effects. Many researchers predict, and have observed in published literature, an increase in interpersonal violence and homicides when temperatures increase. Violence during climatic change has evidence in history, anthropology researchers say. Thu, 15 Jun 2023 18:31:12 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230615183112.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230608121013.htm Human-induced warming, largely caused by the burning of fossil fuels, reached an average of 1.14°C for the most recent decade (2013 to 2022) above pre-industrial levels. This is up from 1.07°C between 2010 and 2019. Human-induced warming is now increasing at a pace of over 0.2°C per decade. The analysis also found that greenhouse gas emissions were 'at an all-time high', with human activity resulting in the equivalent of 54 (+/-5.3) gigatonnes (or billion metric tonnes) of carbon dioxide being released into the atmosphere on average every year over the last decade (2012-2021). Given the speed at which the global climate system is changing, the scientists argue that policymakers, climate negotiators and civil society groups need to have access to up-to-date and robust scientific evidence on which to base decisions. Thu, 08 Jun 2023 12:10:13 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/06/230608121013.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230530203036.htm A new study examined how bivalves -- the group that includes clams, mussels, scallops, and oysters -- evolved among many others in the period of rapid evolution known as the Cambrian Explosion. The team found that though many other lineages burst into action and quickly evolved a wide variety of forms and functions, the bivalves lagged behind. The study has implications for how we understand evolution and the impact of extinctions. Tue, 30 May 2023 20:30:36 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230530203036.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230523184945.htm A new study concludes that an extinct volcano off the shore of Portugal could store as much as 1.2-8.6 gigatons of carbon dioxide, the equivalent of ~24-125 years of the country's industrial emissions. For context, in 2022 a total of 42.6 megatons (0.0426 gigatons) of carbon dioxide was removed from the atmosphere by international carbon capture and storage efforts, according to the Global CCS Institute. The new study suggests that carbon capture and storage in offshore underwater volcanoes could be a promising new direction for removal and storage of much larger volumes of the greenhouse gas from the atmosphere. Tue, 23 May 2023 18:49:45 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230523184945.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230519104542.htm New evidence for the presence of ancient lakes in some of the most arid regions of South Africa suggests that Stone Age humans may have been more widespread across the continent than previously thought. Fri, 19 May 2023 10:45:42 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230519104542.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230518172007.htm Fifty-three percent of the world's largest freshwater lakes are in decline, storing less water than they did three decades ago, according to a new study. The study analyzed satellite observations dating back decades to measure changes in water levels in nearly 2,000 of the world's biggest lakes and reservoirs. It found that climate change, human consumption and sedimentation are responsible. Thu, 18 May 2023 17:20:07 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230518172007.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230518120827.htm Scientists found weak, biologically-rich layers of sediments hundreds of meters beneath the seafloor which crumbled as oceans warmed and ice sheets declined. The landslides were discovered in the eastern Ross Sea in 2017, by an international team of scientists during the Italian ODYSSEA expedition, and scientists revisited the area in 2018 as part of the International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) Expedition 374 where they collected sediment cores to understand what caused them. Thu, 18 May 2023 12:08:27 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230518120827.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230516115526.htm Approximately 700,000 years ago, a 'warm ice age' permanently changed the climate cycles on Earth. During this exceptionally warm and moist period, the polar glaciers greatly expanded. A research team identified this seemingly paradoxical connection. The shift in the Earth's climate represents a critical step in our planet's later climate development. Tue, 16 May 2023 11:55:26 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230516115526.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230515132024.htm A research team, composed of climatologists and an astronomer, have used an improved computer model to reproduce the cycle of ice ages (glacial periods) 1.6 to 1.2 million years ago. The results show that the glacial cycle was driven primarily by astronomical forces in quite a different way than it works in the modern age. These results will help us to better understand the past, present, and future of ice sheets and the Earth's climate. Mon, 15 May 2023 13:20:24 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230515132024.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230511164615.htm An international team has reconstructed the evolution of groundwater in the Great Basin, USA -- one of the driest regions on Earth -- up to 350,000 years into the past with unprecedented accuracy. The results shed new light on the effects of climate change on water supply and provide important insights for the sustainable use of groundwater resources. Thu, 11 May 2023 16:46:15 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230511164615.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230511164457.htm A new study finds that early human species adapted to mosaic landscapes and diverse food resources, which would have increased our ancestor's resilience to past shifts in climate. Thu, 11 May 2023 16:44:57 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230511164457.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230501143014.htm The West Antarctic Ice Sheet is melting rapidly, raising concerns it could cross a tipping point of irreversible retreat in the next few decades if global temperatures rise 1.5 to 2.0 degrees Celsius (2.7 to 3.8 degrees Fahrenheit) above preindustrial levels. New research finds that 6,000 years ago, the grounded edge of the ice sheet may have been as far as 250 kilometers (160 miles) inland from its current location, suggesting the ice retreated deep into the continent after the end of the last ice age and re-advanced before modern retreat began. Mon, 01 May 2023 14:30:14 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/05/230501143014.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230426210533.htm New research has found evidence -- locked into an ancient stalagmite from a cave in the Himalayas -- of a series of severe and lengthy droughts which may have upturned the Bronze Age Indus Civilization. Wed, 26 Apr 2023 21:05:33 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230426210533.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230424133551.htm New findings suggest that Heinrich Events had no discernible impact on temperatures in Greenland, which could have repercussions for scientists' understanding of past climate dynamics. Mon, 24 Apr 2023 13:35:51 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230424133551.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230420171646.htm Tsunami deposits identified in a coastal mangrove pond in Northwest Puerto Rico could have come from a megathrust earthquake at the Puerto Rico Trench that occurred between 1470 and 1530, according to new research. Thu, 20 Apr 2023 17:16:46 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230420171646.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230420080714.htm Imagine the view from the western coastline of southern Africa during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) over twenty thousand years ago: in the distance you would see at least fifteen large islands -- the largest 300 square kilometers in area -- swarming with hundreds of millions of marine birds and penguin colonies. Thu, 20 Apr 2023 08:07:14 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230420080714.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230419125120.htm As climate change causes ocean temperatures to rise, one of Greenland's previously most stable glaciers is now retreating at an unprecedented rate, according to a new study. Wed, 19 Apr 2023 12:51:20 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230419125120.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230419095538.htm We now know more about the diet of a prehistoric creature that grew up to two and a half meters long and lived in Australian waters during the time of the dinosaurs, thanks to the power of x-rays. Researchers used micro-CT scans to peer inside the fossilized stomach remains of a small marine reptile -- a plesiosaur nicknamed 'Eric' after a song from the comedy group Monty Python -- to determine what the creature ate in the lead up to its death. Wed, 19 Apr 2023 09:55:38 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230419095538.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230418142407.htm A new global survey of 1000 forest areas shows how climate change since the peak of the last ice age has had a major impact on the diversity and distribution of tree species we see today. The results can help us predict how ecosystems will react to future changes, thus having an impact on conservation management around the globe. Tue, 18 Apr 2023 14:24:07 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230418142407.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230418101414.htm Researchers have discovered how long ago the Australian Nullarbor plain dried out, with a new approach shedding light on how ancient climate change altered some of the driest regions of our planet. Tue, 18 Apr 2023 10:14:14 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230418101414.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230413154300.htm New research led by a paleobotanist provides clues about what plants existed in the Burnaby Mountain area (British Columbia, Canada) 40 million years ago during the late Eocene, when the climate was much warmer than it is today. Thu, 13 Apr 2023 15:43:00 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230413154300.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230411150521.htm 材料由青铜时代的underw留在海底ater volcanic eruptions is helping researchers better understand the size, hazards and climate impact of their parent eruptions, according to new research. Tue, 11 Apr 2023 15:05:21 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230411150521.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230405112124.htm A warmer Arctic has been linked to extreme winter weather in the midlatitude regions. But, it is not clear how global warming affects this link. In a new study, researchers show, using weather data and climate models, that while the 'Warm Arctic-Cold Continent' pattern will continue as the climate continues to warm, Arctic warming will become a less reliable predictor of extreme winter weather in the future. Wed, 05 Apr 2023 11:21:24 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230405112124.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230405112113.htm Ice sheets can retreat up to 600 meters a day during periods of climate warming, 20 times faster than the highest rate of retreat previously measured. An international team of researchers used high-resolution imagery of the seafloor to reveal just how quickly a former ice sheet that extended from Norway retreated at the end of the last Ice Age, about 20,000 years ago. Wed, 05 Apr 2023 11:21:13 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230405112113.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230405112107.htm By observing the night sky, medieval monks unwittingly recorded some of history's largest volcanic eruptions. An international team of researchers drew on readings of 12th and 13th century European and Middle Eastern chronicles, along with ice core and tree ring data, to accurately date some of the biggest volcanic eruptions the world has ever seen. Their results uncover new information about one of the most volcanically active periods in Earth's history, which some think helped to trigger the Little Ice Age, a long interval of cooling that saw the advance of European glaciers. Wed, 05 Apr 2023 11:21:07 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230405112107.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230403162606.htm In the face of a warming climate that is having a profound effect on global biodiversity and will change the distribution and abundance of many animals, a research team has developed a statistical model that improves estimates of habitat suitability and extinction probability for cold-blooded animals as temperatures climb. Mon, 03 Apr 2023 16:26:06 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/04/230403162606.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/03/230330102327.htm Antarctic circulation could slow by more than 40 per cent over the next three decades, with significant implications for the oceans and the climate. Thu, 30 Mar 2023 10:23:27 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/03/230330102327.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/03/230330102141.htm Scientists often look to the past for clues about how Earth's landscapes might shift under a changing climate, and for insight into the migrations of human communities through time. A new study offers both by providing, for the first time, a reconstruction of prehistoric temperatures for some of the first known North American settlements. Thu, 30 Mar 2023 10:21:41 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/03/230330102141.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/03/230327163212.htm A new study using simulations identified two tipping points for the Greenland Ice Sheet: releasing 1000 gigatons of carbon into the atmosphere will cause the southern portion of the ice sheet to melt; about 2500 gigatons of carbon means permanent loss of nearly the entire ice sheet. Having emitted about 500 gigatons of carbon, we're about halfway to the first tipping point. Mon, 27 Mar 2023 16:32:12 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/03/230327163212.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/03/230322104522.htm In a new study, an international team of researchers warn that the Arctic Sea ice may soon be a thing of the past in the summer months. This may have consequences for both the climate and ecosystems. Ten thousand years ago, the ice melted at temperatures similar to those we have today. Wed, 22 Mar 2023 10:45:22 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/03/230322104522.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/03/230321112644.htm Scientists have calculated that the fastest changing Antarctic region?-?the Amundsen Sea Embayment?-?has lost more than 3,000 billion tonnes of ice over a 25-year?period.?? Tue, 21 Mar 2023 11:26:44 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/03/230321112644.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/03/230320143756.htm Cultivation and growth of grapevines have strongly influenced European civilizations, but where the grapevine comes from and how it has spread across the globe has been highly disputed so far. In an extensive genome project, researchers have determined its origin and evolution from the wild vine to today's cultivar by analyzing thousands of vine genomes collected along the Silk Road from China to Western Europe. Mon, 20 Mar 2023 14:37:56 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/03/230320143756.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/03/230314155110.htm In 2002, an area of ice about the size of Rhode Island dramatically broke away from Antarctica as the Larsen B ice shelf collapsed. A new study of the conditions that led to the collapse may reveal warning signs to watch for future Antarctic ice shelf retreat, according to a new scientists. Tue, 14 Mar 2023 15:51:10 EDT //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/03/230314155110.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/03/230308112104.htm Geologists studying the Bakken Shale Formation discovered a critical kill mechanism behind a series of extinctions some 350 million years ago. Wed, 08 Mar 2023 11:21:04 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/03/230308112104.htm //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/03/230308084401.htm Short-distance migration, which accounts for the vast majority of migratory movements in the world, is crucial for climate change adaptation, according to new research. Contrary to common assumptions, most migratory movements are people moving short distances, largely due to economic, social and environmental factors, such as climate change. Wed, 08 Mar 2023 08:44:01 EST //www.koonmotors.com/releases/2023/03/230308084401.htm