How fossil corals can shed light on Earth's past climate
Friday, September 25, 2015 - 12:30
in Earth & Climate
Researchers have used radiocarbon measured in deep-sea fossil corals to shed light on carbon dioxide levels during Earth's last deglaciation. Fossil corals have the unique advantage that they can be precisely dated by radiometric uranium-series dating, giving an age scale that can be directly compared to the ice core records.