Environment ❯ Climate Change

Historical Climate Events

Volcanic Eruptions Late Antique Little Ice Age 8.2 ka Cooling Event Ecosystem Collapse Glacial Activity Homeric Grand Solar Minimum 8.2ka Event Impact on Ecosystems Mass Extinctions Cretaceous Climate

Study Identifies Warm, Low‑Oxygen Seas as the Cause of the Permian–Triassic Marine Collapse

By linking Siberian Traps greenhouse forcing to ocean deoxygenation, researchers say the same ocean stressors could threaten modern marine life.

Researchers Chemically Confirm K/Pg Impact Layer in Eastern Hokkaido

Study Links 8,200-Year-Old North Atlantic Cooling to Weakening of the Indian Monsoon

Volcanic Cooling in 1345 Linked to Trade Route That Likely Brought the Black Death to Europe

Study Links 1345 Tropical Eruption to Trade Shift That Brought the Black Death to Europe

PNAS Study Dates Monumental Siloam Dam to 805–795 BCE

Ancient Rainforest Collapse Locked Earth in a Five-Million-Year Hothouse

New Evidence Links Sixth-Century Cooling to Roman Empire’s Decline

Ancient Glaciers Shaped Earth's Oceans, Boosting Evolution of Complex Life

Ancient Volcanic Eruption Linked to Neolithic Sun Stone Rituals

Ancient Volcanic Eruption Linked to Neolithic Sun Stone Sacrifices in Denmark

Mega El Niños Linked to Earth's Largest Mass Extinction

Kepler's 1607 Sunspot Drawings Rewrite Solar Cycle History