Coals were originally formed from plants that require plenty of water or precipitation. Thus, regions with coal were wet and warm. In contrast, evaporites were formed in arid and hot regions where ...

I’m a journalist, sort of, which means I have to keep a rigorous eye on the big issues confronting the world today, as well as the big issues that confronted the world going back millions of years.

The Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event (T-OAE), a major environmental upheaval occurring approximately 183 million years ago during the Mesozoic Era, stands as one of the most severe perturbations to Earth ...

Methane from flatulent dinosaurs may have caused prehistoric global warming, say researchers. HUGE PLANT-EATING DINOSAURS may have expelled enough greenhouse gas to alter the Earth’s climate, UK ...