Heating up the Holocene
With direct meteorological data on the Antarctic Peninsula only dating back to the 1950s, scientists must search elsewhere for climate change records of the distant past. A series of expeditions to analyse ancient moss are poised to provide a longer-term perspective on the region’s warming patterns...
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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2014
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Online Access: | http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/507167/ https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/507167/1/Dan_Charman_Intl_Innovation_134_Research_MediaHR.pdf |
Summary: | With direct meteorological data on the Antarctic Peninsula only dating back to the 1950s, scientists must search elsewhere for climate change records of the distant past. A series of expeditions to analyse ancient moss are poised to provide a longer-term perspective on the region’s warming patterns |
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