Scientists link abrupt climate change with increased wildfires from study of ancient ice
A core of ice extracted from Antarctica had literally frozen in time the climate of the planet going back nearly 70,000 years.
Science Daily28 天
Increased wildfire activity may be a feature of past periods of abrupt climate change
These abrupt climate change events, known as Dansgaard-Oeschger and Heinrich events, were associated with rapid regional temperature changes and shifting rainfall patterns, as well as spikes in ...
Devastating volcanic eruption did not cause the sudden-onset cold period 13,000 years ago ...
The synchronization of data from two natural climate archives—a speleothem from the Herbstlabyrinth Cave in Hesse (Germany) and ice cores from Greenland—offers new insights into the chronology of ...
Phys.org28 天
Wildfire activity surged during Ice Age's abrupt climate shifts, study suggests
Previous research has shown that levels of atmospheric methane, a greenhouse gas, spiked during abrupt climate change periods during the last Ice Age, which ended about 11,000 years ago.These ...
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Speleothem and ice cores: Natural climate archives offer new insights into the climate ...
The synchronization of data from two natural climate archives -- a speleothem from the Herbstlabyrinth Cave in Hesse (Germany) and ice cores from Greenland -- offers new insights into the chronology ...
Medindia24 天
Wildfires as a Signal of Past Abrupt Climate Shifts
A new study analyzing ancient methane trapped in Antarctic ice suggests that global wildfire activity likely increased during periods of abrupt climate change in the last Ice Age. “This study ...