Eutrophication is commonly seen as a modern problem, resulting from increased use of natural and organic fertilisers and runoff into...

The Isthmus of Panama is a narrow land bridge connecting the tip of South America to the base of North America. This land bridge began as...

Following last week’s post on the Quaternary glaciation, it seemed like a good time to post about a paper that I found illustrating how...

The Quaternary glaciation, beginning 2.58Ma, refers to a cycle of glacial-interglacial phases. The onset of the quaternary ice age is...

The Cenozoic began with the Paleocene period which started with a relatively cool climate but temperatures would abruptly rise towards...

Following the KT extinction post, an interesting news story this week suggested that the Quaternary Younger Dryas (YD) event, may also...

In light of recent news, the topic of the KT extinction seemed fitting. It has been announced that we have lost around 60% of animal...

Lately there is much talk about our climatic future; how hot will the earth get? How far can ecosystems be pushed under rising...

Deforestation is prevalent in recent news, as well it should be with areas the size of a football pitch being lost every second in 2017....