Through the Looking Glass: Scientists Peer Into Antarctica's Past to See Our Future Climate

Thursday, April 29, 2010 - 12:22 in Earth & Climate

In response to growing concerns about our planet's changing climate, rising global temperatures and sea levels, and increasing concentrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2), scientists are looking to the planet's past to help predict its future. New results from a research expedition in Antarctic waters may provide critical clues to understanding one of the most dramatic periods of climatic change in Earth's history - and a glimpse into what might lie far ahead in our climate's future.

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