Around 370 million years ago, Earth gradually descended into the longest lived and probably the most intense ice age ...

Scientists have long puzzled over how pterosaurs became the first vertebrates to master flight. Some pterosaur species, such ...

Researchers from the University of St Andrews have shed new light on the fundamental role played by carbon dioxide (CO2) in ...

Hampsfell Hospice is a nice place for a little break. It may sound like a home for the unwell, but it’s actually a tiny ...

Dr Hana Jurikova, the lead researcher from St Andrews, said: “The end of the Late Palaeozoic Ice Age was a turning point in ...

Researchers from the University of St Andrews have, for the first time, shed new light on the fundamental role played by ...

A team from the University of St Andrews used fossils to work out how much CO2 changed during the Late Palaeozoic Ice Age, ...

This period encapsulates the peak of the Late Palaeozoic Ice Age, when Earth's climate cooled dramatically. The new findings provide decisive evidence that CO2 has been regulating Earth's climate and ...

Scientists have long puzzled over how pterosaurs became the first vertebrates to master flight. Some pterosaur species, such as the Quetzalcoatlus ...

In 1914, now 111 years ago, thousands of fossil footprints from the Late Carboniferous were discovered by Doctor Frank Raw (Geology Department, University of Birmingham) at Butts Quarry in Alveley, ...

Atmospheric carbon dioxide is Earth's most important greenhouse gas, it absorbs heat and radiates much of it back to Earth, so when atmospheric CO 2 rises, Earth's climate warms. However, while the ...