News tagged with glacial period
Scientists vacuum up the data on dust
(AP) -- While most people give it the brushoff, a panel of scientists gathered Friday to focus on dust. Dust in the air. Dust in the oceans. Dust in your lungs. Good dust. Bad dust. And not a can of Pledge in sight.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 20, 2010 |
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Understanding past and future climate
The notion that scientists understand how changes in Earth's orbit affect climate well enough for estimating long-term natural climate trends that underlie any anthropogenic climate change is challenged by findings published ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 05, 2010 |
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Bering Strait influenced ice age climate patterns worldwide
In a vivid example of how a small geographic feature can have far-reaching impacts on climate, new research shows that water levels in the Bering Strait helped drive global climate patterns during ice age ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 10, 2010 |
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Hypoxia increases as climate warms
A new study of Pacific Ocean sediments off the coast of Chile has found that offshore waters experienced systematic oxygen depletion during the rapid warming of the Antarctic following the last "glacial maximum" period 20,000 ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 15, 2009 |
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Sea level is rising along US Atlantic coast, say environmental scientists
An international team of environmental scientists led by the University of Pennsylvania has shown that sea-level rise along the Atlantic Coast of the United States was 2 millimeters faster in the 20th century ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 10, 2009 |
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Sea Level Is Rising Along U.S. Atlantic Coast, According to New Data Analysis
(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team of environmental scientists led by the University of Pennsylvania has shown that sea-level rise along the Atlantic Coast of the United States was 2 millimeters faster in the 20th century ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 03, 2009 |
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Big freeze plunged Europe into ice age in months
In the film, 'The Day After Tomorrow' the world enters the icy grip of a new glacial period within the space of just a few weeks. Now new research shows that this scenario may not be so far from the truth after all.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 30, 2009 |
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Are the Alps growing or shrinking?
The Alps are growing just as quickly in height, as they are shrinking. This paradoxical result could be proven by a group of German and Swiss geoscientists. Due to glaciers and rivers about exactly the same amount of material ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 05, 2009 |
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New predictions for sea level rise
Fossil coral data and temperature records derived from ice-core measurements have been used to place better constraints on future sea level rise, and to test sea level projections.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 27, 2009 |
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Ancient mammals shifted diets as climate changed
A new University of Florida study shows mammals change their dietary niches based on climate-driven environmental changes, contradicting a common assumption that species maintain their niches despite global ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jun 03, 2009 |
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'Peking Man' older than thought; somehow adapted to cold
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new dating method has found that "Peking Man" is around 200,000 years older than previously thought, suggesting he somehow adapted to the cold of a mild glacial period.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Mar 11, 2009 |
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Danube delta holds answers to 'Noah's flood' debate (Video)
Did a catastrophic flood of biblical proportions drown the shores of the Black Sea 9,500 years ago, wiping out early Neolithic settlements around its perimeter? A geologist with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 23, 2009 |
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