Stalagmite research suggests earth has two modes of responding to change
Thursday, May 3, 2012 - 14:10
in Earth & Climate
By analyzing stalagmites, a team of researchers has determined that the climate signature in the tropics through four glacial cycles looks different in some ways and similar in others when compared to the climate signature at high latitudes. The results suggest that Earth's climate system might have two modes of responding to significant changes.