Taking the long view: a geological contribution to understanding the causes of global glaciation

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Author: Vaughan, Alan
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2001
• Subjects: Geology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Oceanography; Cape Roberts; Antarctic Science
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102001000013; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102001000013

Modelling future climates is both a very difficult task and one of key importance to our future well-being. Why then would we want to make it more difficult by shortening our perspective to the most recent period, ignoring historical data that would provide the long perspective on key processes? Pal...