The Cretaceous The Cretaceous period features a particularly interesting climatic episode in the Earth’s geological history. It follows the Jurassic Period, better known as the time the dinosaurs inhabited Earth and spanned the period between 145.5 and 65.5 million years ago. The Cretaceous is the last period of the Mesozoic Era, which ends with a well-known mass extinction event. At the end of th ...[Read More]
What can the Cretaceous tell us about our climate?
Figure 1: Illustration of Cretaceous landscape and climate. (Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/history_of_the_earth/Cretaceous, visited 14.7.2018)