An international team led by Institute of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Palaeoanthropology unraveled the mystery about when and how the largest ape on the Earth ever-known went extinct.

2023 marked the hottest year on record, driven by escalating ocean temperatures. The ocean's critical role in Earth's climate system, absorbing 90% of global warming heat, was underscored as the findings revealed a continual rise in temperatures, impacting weather patterns and marine life.

Researchers from the Institute of Earth Environment have shown that orbitally induced strengthening of the Asian summer monsoon played a key role in the dispersal of Homo sapiens from Africa to East Asia during the last interglacial period 125,000 to 70,000 years ago.