Past Climate Change: Continental Stretching Preceding Opening Of The Drake Passage
Thursday, July 24, 2008 - 19:35
in Earth & Climate
Due to the impact of global warming, it has become essential to understand the causes and processes involved in past climate changes. One of the most prominent events in Earth's climatic evolution was the transition from the global warmth of the Eocene "greenhouse" to the Oligocene "icehouse" glacial conditions.