News from the Columbia Climate School

Triassic

In Ancient Rocks, Scientists See a Climate Cycle Working Across Deep Time

May 7, 2018

A gradual shift in Earth’s orbit that repeats every 405,000 years plays a role in natural climate swings.
Some Do Not Like It Hot

May 30, 2014

The Great Dying, The Big One — The Permo-Triassic! (In a time machine, not sure if that’s where I’d aim …) As extinctions go, this one’s a blockbuster classic, When most of Earth’s species dropped out of the game.

In Ancient Rocks, Scientists See a Climate Cycle Working Across Deep Time

May 7, 2018

A gradual shift in Earth’s orbit that repeats every 405,000 years plays a role in natural climate swings.
Some Do Not Like It Hot

May 30, 2014

The Great Dying, The Big One — The Permo-Triassic! (In a time machine, not sure if that’s where I’d aim …) As extinctions go, this one’s a blockbuster classic, When most of Earth’s species dropped out of the game.