Science news articles about 'glacial advances'

... should provide much more accurate reconstructions of glacial advances worldwide, allowing us in turn ... often leave behind at their maximum points of advance. However, until now the methods of dating ...

... plateau edge might have been preserved for thousands of years by ice during glacial advances and by glacial debris deposited at the mouth of many Tsangpo tributaries during warmer times when glaciers ...

... dating of the Younger Dryas event between the two techniques. Radiocarbon dating has shown that glacial advances happened prior to Younger Dryas, but surface-exposure dating indicates that glacial ...

... from monsoonal effects can only take credit for up to 30 percent of the glacial advance." As Central Asia's summer climate warmed as much as 6 degrees Celsius, shifting weather patterns ...

... plan to expand their research to other parts of the South American tropics. They hope to establish a regional pattern of glacial advances and retreats that can be compared with other places worldwide.