The evolving mosaic of tectonic plates across the surface of the Earth sets boundary
conditions for the evolution of biotic and abiotic processes and helps shape the dynamics of …

The numerous explanations for why Earth's biodiversity is concentrated at low latitudes fail
to explain variation in the strength and even direction of the gradient through deep time …

The latitudinal diversity gradient (LDG) is a prevalent feature of modern ecosystems across
diverse clades,,–. Recognized for well over a century, the causal mechanisms for LDGs …

The ultimate driver of the end-Permian mass extinction is a topic of much debate. Here, we
used a multiproxy and paleoclimate modeling approach to establish a unifying theory …

Abstract Global Plate Models are widely used in the Earth Sciences to reconstruct the past
geographic position of geological and palaeontological samples. However, the application …

Abstract Oxygenation during the Cambrian Radiation progressed via a series of short-lived
pulses. However, the metazoan biotic response to this episodic oxygenation has not been …

The open‐source programming language 'R'has become a standard tool in the
palaeobiologist's toolkit. Its popularity within the palaeobiological community continues to …

Drivers of reef decline are well known both today and in the geological past. Considerably
less is known about the preconditions for a pantropical expansion of coral reefs. The …

We simulate climate variations in the past 250 million years (Myr), using the fully coupled
Community Earth System Model version 1.2. 2 (CESM1. 2.2) with the Community …

Past responses to environmental change provide vital baseline data for estimating the
potential resilience of extant taxa to future change. Here, we investigate the latitudinal range …