Global monsoon domains (IMAGE) Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters Caption Left panel: 240 Ma; middle panel: 80 Ma; right panel: the preindustrial (PI) era. Green shading marks monsoon domains, with the color representing the annual precipitation amount (color bar interval is 300 mm yr–1). Yellow shading denotes dry areas. Black and red dots denote coal and land evaporites, respectively. Continents are labeled in gray. Credit IGGCAS Usage Restrictions News organizations may use or redistribute this image, with proper attribution, as part of news coverage of this paper only. License Original content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.