Scientists use rare mineral to correlate past climate events in Europe, Antarctica
Wednesday, March 21, 2012 - 14:00
in Earth & Climate
The first day of spring brought record high temperatures across the northern part of the United States, while much of the Southwest was digging out from a record-breaking spring snowstorm. The weather, it seems, has gone topsy-turvy. Are the phenomena related? Are climate changes in one part of the world felt half a world away?