This time period took place 359 to 299 million years ago. 3 min read The Carboniferous period, part of the late Paleozoic era, takes its name from large underground coal deposits that date to it.

First, it led to the creation of iconic "coal forests" full of giant insects in the Carboniferous period during the ice age. It also paved the way for the rise of reptiles in the Permian period ...

A team from the University of St Andrews used fossils to work out how much CO2 changed during the Carboniferous and ... time known as the Late Palaeozoic Ice Age. The group found the Late ...