I have the first paper in my 2026 folder! Altyeb et al present a compilation of Last Interglacial (MIS 5e) sea level proxies along the Egyptian Coast of the Red Sea. It looks like the northern part of the coast is affected by tectonics.

#SeaLevel #Paleoclimate #RedSea #Egypt

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2025.109513

What if, when we stroll into California and feel at home, we're reminded not of any paradise of today, but rather Africa in the last ice age? The science, shockingly, checks out...

Read more at my #blog: https://www.adamasnemesis.com/2025/11/18/paradise-lost/

This post's featured image is Ice Age Earth, by Ittiz of Wikipedia (rotated by me).

#iceage #climate #paleoclimate #prehistory #paleoclimatology #science #glacialperiod #lastglacialmaximum

Tang et al present new sea level index points for the Bohai Sea, providing a much better constrained mid-late Holocene sea level reconstruction than was available before. There is strong evidence that relative sea level was 2.2-3.5 m higher than present in the mid-Holocene.

#SeaLevel #Paleoclimate #ClimateChange

https://doi.org/10.1029/2025PA005260

Langford et al report on paleo sea level during MIS 7 and 5e for Fenland in eastern England. In both cases, paleo sea level was higher than present in Fenland. I think this adds to the growing evidence that global sea level in MIS 7 did go above present level.

#SeaLevel #Paleoclimate #ClimateChange

https://doi.org/10.1002%2Fjqs.70025

🔎 130,000 years of climate history in 2,700 meters of core samples – that's the Eifel Laminated Sediment Archive (ELSA) at #MainzUniversity. The unique geoarchive has been built and expanded by geoscientist Professor Frank Sirocko over the last 25 years. Even though he will soon be taking his well-earned retirement, drilling projects in the Eifel will continue ... Read more in our #JGUMagazine at 👉 https://www.magazine.uni-mainz.de/a-life-passion-for-core-samples-and-the-future-of-the-elsa-project/

#ClimateHistory #ClimateResearch #ClimateArchive #paleoclimate

Interesting new method for #paleoclimate reconstruction in #reef #corals

"Coral fossils reveal 600,000 years of hidden climate records"

https://www.earth.com/news/coral-fossils-reveal-600000-years-of-hidden-climate-records/

“Comparison of simulated and proxy-based climate reconstructions for Mid-Holocene Europe reveals high uncertainty”

A practice-oriented evaluation of time-continuous paleoclimate datasets by my co-authors and me, just published in The Holocene.

👉 https://doi.org/10.1177/09596836251366198

If you don’t have access, you’ll find the unformatted proof here: https://osf.io/2cbma/download
#paleoclimate #MidHolocene #palynology #paleoecology

Intriguing 1mio year old skull from China, DNA and bones of Homo longi, a sister species at similar levels of development to Neanderthals and Homo sapiens.

That's 700thsd years earlier than taught and thought.

I say, look for them in mid latitudes in locations not likely to have been in use by ice age populations. If cave dwellers found a stash of old bones in their new home they likely got rid of them.
And besides: earlier than 1mio years ago, caves weren't needed as much for shelter bc it didn't get so cold in Europe's latitudes and further East.

I think, Africa was too hot and species development was interrupted or took place somewhere else entirely.

Just look at maps of climate projections and the tropical death zones.
The human tree roots outside of Africa 🖖
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdx01ve5151o
#archaeology #archeology #paleoclimate #anthropology #climateChange