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The work, published in the journal Nature Communications, began with the observation that following the Mid-Pleistocene, ice ages began lasting longer, leading to permanent climate changes that ...

A new study reveals the modern arid desert between Africa and Saudi Arabia was once regularly lush and green with rivers and ...

One of the planet's largest, driest biogeographic barriers was once lush with rivers and lakes for 8 million years, which encouraged the movements of water-dependent animals and indicates the ...