Tag: atmopsheric science
Ice Ages occur when tropical islands and continents collide
University of California scientists think they know why Earth's generally warm and balmy climate over the past billion years has occasionally been interrupted by cold snaps that enshroud the poles with ice and occasionally turn the planet into a snowball.
What happened in the past when the climate changed?
Once again, humanity might be well served to take heed from a history lesson.When the climate changed, when crops failed and famine threatened, the peoples of ancient Asia responded. They moved.
Northerners have always been hardy!
Pioneering early people who lived at the end of the last ice age actually carried on with life as usual despite plummeting temperatures, a study at a world-famous archaeological site in North Yorkshire suggests.
Dinosaur-killing asteroid impact cooled Earth’s climate more than previously thought
The Chicxulub asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs likely released far more climate-altering sulfur gas into the atmosphere than originally thought, according to new research.