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The demise of the woolly mammoth could teach us much about our effect on other species. George Teichmann

Did climate cause the extinction of the Ice Age megafauna?

By Simon Ho

When we think of the last 50,000 years of prehistory, particularly the “Ice Age”, extinct species such as the woolly mammoth and woolly rhinoceros often spring to mind. Did humans bring about the extinction…

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Moss may have caused the first ice age

University of Exeter

The arrival of the first simple plants on land more than 470 million years ago may have triggered the first ice age. The…

Volcanoes triggered Little Ice Age

University of Colorado-Boulder

A new study from the University of Colorado-Boulder suggests the Little Ice Age, which lasted from the Middle Ages until…

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