Antarctic ice core study reveals Australia's 39 year mega drought

Scientists have used a 1,000 year old ice core from Antarctica to find out just how many mega droughts happened in South Eastern Australia in the last millennium.Dr Tessa Vance from the Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre in Hobart has told Felicity Ogilvie that the informat...

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Main Author: Vance, TR
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: ABC News 2014
Subjects:
Earth Sciences
Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience
Palaeoclimatology
Antarctic
Ogilvie
The Antarctic
Vance
Antarc*
Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre
Antarctica
ice core
Online Access:http://ecite.utas.edu.au/97715
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Summary:Scientists have used a 1,000 year old ice core from Antarctica to find out just how many mega droughts happened in South Eastern Australia in the last millennium.Dr Tessa Vance from the Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre in Hobart has told Felicity Ogilvie that the information from the ice cores will help scientists to plan for future droughts.

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