New research suggests that Earth’s orbital variations—the slow changes in its tilt, axial precession, and shape of its ...

Earth’s climate over millions of years is shaped by both internal forces, like volcanic activity, and external ones, such as ...

An international team of scientists has synchronized key climate records from the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans to unravel the ...

Researchers found Earth's orbital changes align with past volcanic eruptions. Climate shifts and massive eruptions occurred ...

Scientists discovered that volcanic eruptions in India’s Deccan Traps 66 million years ago released gases that altered ...

Caption This is a map showing the extent of the Deccan Traps volcanic region in India, which dates from 64-67 million years ago. The rectangle shows the region near Mumbai from which the Berkeley ...

and challenges the dominant theory that a meteorite impact was the sole cause of the extinction. Pictured above are the Deccan Traps near Mahabaleshwar, India.

Lonar, Dhala & Ramgarh—and their role in shaping the Deccan Plateau. Discover cosmic collisions' lasting effects on India's terrain.

Recent research on the 66 million years old eruptions of the Deccan Traps (India) by Dr. Vanderkluysen and colleagues has focused on the timing of these massive eruptions and their impact on the ...

But we had to find a way to test if these changes are caused by large scale volcanic eruptions related to the Deccan Traps in India," says Westerhold. The up to two kilometers thick basaltic rocks ...