New tool lets you trace your backyard’s location 320 million years ago

Published on 2 May 2026

It reconstructs pole shifts using buried magnetic clues

Paleolatitude.org has been upgraded with new capabilities to track continental drift and Earth’s pole shifts over the last 320 million years. Using the Utrecht Paleogeography Model and data from paleomagnetism and geology, the tool rebuilds past climates and helps researchers connect those shifts to long-term biodiversity patterns and ecosystem responses to change.

Paleolatitude.org can now trace locations back 320 million years
It maps continental drift and Earth’s pole shifts
Reconstruction uses paleomagnetic and geological evidence
Past climate outputs support biodiversity and ecosystem studies

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New tool lets you trace your backyard’s location 320 million years ago

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