Abstract The Miocene epoch (23.03–5.33 Ma) was a time interval of global warmth, relative
to today. Continental configurations and mountain topography transitioned toward modern …

Latitudinal temperature gradients are a defining characteristic of the climate system. Using
thermometric indicators, including δ 18 O, plant and animal fossils, glycerol dialkyl glycerol …

The Miocene Climatic Optimum (MCO) from~ 17 to 14 million years ago (Ma) represents an
enigmatic reversal in Cenozoic cooling. A synthesis of marine paleotemperature records …

Methane hydrate dissociation has long been considered as a mechanism for global carbon
cycle perturbations, climate change and even mass extinctions in Earth's history. However …

Falling atmospheric CO2 levels led to cooling through the Eocene and the expansion of
Antarctic ice sheets close to their modern size near the beginning of the Oligocene, a period …

Antarctica's continental-scale ice sheets have evolved over the past 50 million years,,,.
However, the dearth of ice-proximal geological records,,, limits our understanding of past …

Deep sea geological records indicate that Antarctic ice-sheet growth and decay is strongly
influenced by the Earth's astronomical variations (known as Milankovitch cycles), and that …

Constraining monsoon variability and dynamics in the warm unipolar icehouse world of the
Late Oligocene can provide important clues to future climate responses to global warming …

The modern pattern of the Asian monsoon is thought to have formed around the
Oligocene/Miocene transition and is generally attributed to Himalaya–Tibetan Plateau (H …

The middle to late Eocene marked a key transition from greenhouse to coolhouse. However,
a lack of high-resolution and temporally well-constrained continental records hinders our …