The Department has a vibrant program to understand past climates, ecosystems, environments and the history of the oceans. The vertebrate paleontology program at UW is outstanding, with faculty holding ...

Roughly 4.6 billion years ago, Earth would gain its first atmosphere, yet this was an atmosphere that was completely unlike the atmosphere we know today. Today’s oxygen-rich atmosphere we’re familiar ...

In the field of paleoclimatology, our overarching objective is to use the geologic record to understand how Earth’s climate system operates. Paleoceanography may focus on the role of the oceans in ...

Researchers create novel platform to standardize paleoclimatology data Sometimes the most unrelated things can produce the most innovative results. Take, for instance, aikido—a Japanese martial art ...

"On the Dot" web extra: Paleoclimatology From ice to fossils, scientists describe how they go back in time to figure out how an increase in carbon dioxide affects our planet.

A new study published by researchers at the University of Hawai'i (UH) at Mānoa sheds light on the critical role of iron in Earth's climate history, revealing how its sources in the South Pacific ...

The Organic Geochemistry Lab in the Department of Geological Sciences and the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR) at the University of Colorado Boulder is seeking a student interested in ...

What Paleoclimatology Teaches Us About Earth's Long-Term Patterns ...