Human-caused climate change increased the likelihood and intensity of the hot, dry and windy conditions that fanned the ...

To reconstruct the environmental conditions during the time of Homo erectus, the research team used advanced modeling ...

Today, with 8 billion humans on this planet, the few wealthy countries are extracting natural resources at alarming rates, ...

Scientists discovered microbes in Amazon peatlands that control carbon storage. If peatlands stay stable, they store carbon.

Research shows rapid shifts between wet and dry extremes are increasing. Scientists say this 'hydroclimate whiplash' ...

The source of more than half of all wildfires in the Western US remains unknown, so the US Forest Service has teamed up with ...

Usually by now, villagers have planted their rice seedlings, critical for feeding their families. But barren fields, dry ...

The study, published in Nature Communications Earth & Environment, finds it was earlier than originally thought. "We reveal how early humans -- known ... really hot and dry periods.

Our ancestor Homo erectus was able to survive punishingly hot and dry desert more ... in the understanding of human evolution, was actually a desert steppe, according to the study published in the ...

Record-high temperatures, snow-less winters and frequent natural disasters could be due to global warming. Here's how climate ...

Research Reveals Our Ancestors Developed Tools and Intellectual Capacity to Survive in Extreme Dry Conditions 1.2 Million ...