1·So scientists often look to this so-called Pliocene warm period for hints about our future climate.
因此科学家们经常在所谓上新世暖温期中寻找有关未来气候的线索。
2·To investigate the hurricane activity of the Pliocene, the researchers relied on proxy ocean temperatures based on variations in several chemical tracers in drill cores of the ocean floor.
为了研究上新世的飓风活动情况，研究人员依靠的就代理海洋温度，这个温度是基于洋底岩芯里几种化学示踪剂变化引起的。
3·Isn't the mastodon from the Pliocene Epoch?
乳齿象不是上新世的吗？
4·Youngest occurrences were found from the Middle Miocene of North America, the Pliocene of Europe, and the Pleistocene of Asia.
最晚的化石记录分别发现于北美的中中新世、欧洲的上新世和亚洲的更新世。
5·There were mainly neritic shelf and bathyal filling sedimentation in the Pliocene and Quaternary.
上新世和第四纪主要为浅海陆架及半深海充填沉积。