Want Clues to Future Climate? Let’s Look Back 3 Million Years…
2010 January 7
Scientists have reconstructed what the climate conditions were 3 million years ago, and are using these data as one of the closest analogs to estimate future climate conditions. USGS scientists Harry Dowsett and Marci Robinson discuss some of their findings regarding carbon dioxide’s impact, Arctic conditions, and the deep ocean’s system.
Via Want Clues to Future Climate? Let’s Look Back 3 Million Years…
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