Study shows Lake Mega-Chad dried up far more quickly than thought
Tuesday, June 30, 2015 - 06:30
in Earth & Climate
(Phys.org)—A trio of researchers from the University of London and King's College, studying the history of Lake Chad has found that the lake was reduced to its current size very quickly just 1,000 years ago. In their paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Simon Armitage, Charlie Bristow and Nick Drake describe how they conducted "a reconstructed lake level history for the ancient Lake Mega-Chad," and what they found by doing so.