'New' Ancient Antarctic Sediment Reveals Climate Change History
Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 13:55
in Earth & Climate
Recent additions to the premier collection of Southern Ocean sediment cores at Florida State University's Antarctic Marine Geology Research Facility will give international scientists a close-up look at fluctuations that occurred in Antarctica's ice sheet and marine and terrestrial life as the climate cooled considerably between 20 and 14 million years ago.
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