Tag: ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE
Researchers trace 3,000 years of monsoons through shell fossils
The tiny shells at the bottom of Lake Nakaumi in southwest Japan may contain the secrets of the East Asia Summer Monsoon.
Driving a wedge into historic gaps of climate science
Evidence of historic marine life present in Alaskan permafrost is helping scientists reconstruct ancient changes in the ice cover over the Arctic Ocean.
New research reveals climate change secrets hidden in the Yukon permafrost
A study from U of T Mississauga uses new research techniques to reveal alarming information about climate change in Canada's north.
A promising target in the quest for a 1-million-year-old Antarctic ice core
Ice cores offer a window into the history of Earth's climate. Layers of ice reveal past temperatures, and gases trapped in bubbles reveal past atmospheric composition. The oldest continuous ice core so far comes from Dome C in East Antarctica and extends back 800,000 years.
Studying oxygen, scientists discover clues to recovery from mass extinction
About 252 million years ago, more than 90 percent of all animal life on Earth went extinct.
Plants play greater role than megaherbivore extinctions in changes to ecosystem structure
Plants may have exerted greater influence on our terrestrial ecosystems than the megaherbivores that used to roam our landscapes, according to new research.