Tropical Africa is home to an astonishing biodiversity occurring in a variety of ecosystems.
Past climatic change and geological events have impacted the evolution and diversification …

Abstract The Pliocene Epoch (∼ 5.3–2.6 million years ago, Ma) was characterized by a
warmer than present climate with smaller Northern Hemisphere ice sheets, and offers an …

High-resolution, easily accessible paleoclimate data are essential for environmental,
evolutionary, and ecological studies. The availability of bioclimatic layers derived from …

The Piacenzian stage of the Pliocene (2.6 to 3.6 Ma) is the most recent past interval of
sustained global warmth with mean global temperatures markedly higher (by~ 2–3 C) than …

Based on the CMIP5-generation previous IPSL earth system model, we designed a new
version, IPSL-CM5A2, aiming at running multi-millennial simulations typical of deep-time …

Over recent decades, the rate of global mean sea-level rise has increased, although the
magnitude—tens of centimetres—remains small from a geological perspective. Such a …

The Cenozoic inception and development of the Asian monsoons remain unclear and have
generated much debate, as several hypotheses regarding circulation patterns at work in …

The evolution of the present-day African savannah fauna has been substantially influenced
by the dispersal of Eurasian ancestors into Africa. The ancestors evolved endemically …

The investigation of triggers causing the onset and intensification of Northern Hemisphere
Glaciation (NHG) during the late Pliocene is essential for understanding the global climate …

The tectonically induced closure/constriction of the Central American Seaway (CAS) and
Indonesian Seaway (Indo) during the early to mid-Pliocene has been associated with many …