# Climate Ages Paleontology, ecology, and climate change. We explore Earth’s deep past to understand today’s crises. From mass extinctions to modern ecosystems, we turn complex science into human stories—linking ancient shifts to our future on a changing planet Page: Feed: --- ## [What Brings the Pacific Back to Life After El Niño?](https://climateages.substack.com/p/what-brings-the-pacific-back-to-life) _2026-08-12 · Silvia Pineda-Munoz PhD_ Scientists have long understood why El Niño reduces microscopic ocean life. Explaining the recovery has proved more difficult. ## [How Did Climate Shape the World Behind The Odyssey?](https://climateages.substack.com/p/how-did-climate-shape-the-world-behind) _2026-07-28 · Silvia Pineda-Munoz PhD_ New climate research explores how gradual drying and natural variability may have increased pressure on eastern Mediterranean societies near the end of the Bronze Age ## [What Was Happening to the Climate Behind The Odyssey?](https://climateages.substack.com/p/what-was-happening-to-the-climate) _2026-07-27 · Silvia Pineda-Munoz PhD_ What drought can reveal about the real Bronze Age societies behind Homer’s legendary world ## [How Colombia Became One of the Most Biodiverse Places on Earth](https://climateages.substack.com/p/how-colombia-became-one-of-the-most) _2026-07-13 · Silvia Pineda-Munoz PhD_ The geological story behind the Andes, the Amazon, and one of Earth’s richest ecosystems ## [Why Did Earth’s Ice Ages Change About a Million Years Ago?](https://climateages.substack.com/p/why-did-earths-ice-ages-change-about) _2026-06-15 · Silvia Pineda-Munoz PhD_ Scientists may have found a clue in the Arctic Ocean ## [How Long Could Life Survive Without Sunlight?](https://climateages.substack.com/p/how-long-could-life-survive-without) _2026-06-08 · Silvia Pineda-Munoz PhD_ The answer may help explain why some species survived the asteroid that ended the Age of Dinosaurs ## [Did the Extinction That Launched the Dinosaurs Start Millions of Years Earlier?](https://climateages.substack.com/p/did-the-extinction-that-launched) _2026-06-01 · Silvia Pineda-Munoz PhD_ New evidence suggests the oceans were already changing long before the end-Triassic mass extinction. ## [Mountains Have Survived Climate Change Before. Can They Do It Again?](https://climateages.substack.com/p/mountains-have-survived-climate-change) _2026-05-28 · Silvia Pineda-Munoz PhD_ What Fossil Pollen and Mountain Ecosystems Reveal About Life on a Warming Planet ## [What If Coral Reefs Store More Carbon Than We Thought?](https://climateages.substack.com/p/what-if-coral-reefs-store-more-carbon) _2026-05-25 · Silvia Pineda-Munoz PhD_ The debate over whether reefs are carbon sinks may have missed the bigger picture ## [Independent podcasts, all self-hosted (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/QiWvlmtZ5095) _2026-05-25 · **Sponsored**_ Browse 21,607 shows from 13,404 domains — listen in the browser and follow favourites. ## [How Did Tiny Mammals Survive the Arctic During the Age of Dinosaurs?](https://climateages.substack.com/p/how-did-tiny-mammals-survive-the) _2026-05-20 · Silvia Pineda-Munoz PhD_ What fossil teeth reveal about survival near the North Pole 73 million years ago