Washington, Feb 29: Scientists have found new evidence of climate change that may help explain some of the mystery surrounding the appearance of the Antarctic ice sheet.
Ice sheet formation in the Antarctic is one of the most important climatic shifts in Earth’s history. However, previous temperature records show no evidence of the oceans cooling at this time, but instead suggest they actually warmed, presenting a confusing picture of the climate system which has long been a mystery in palaeoclimatology.
Now, a team of scientists from Cardiff University’s School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, led by Dr Carrie Lear, Lecturer in Palaeoceanography, has presented new temperature records using ancient sea floor mud recovered from Tanzania, East Africa.