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How meltwater from the ice sheets disturbed the climate 10,000 years ago
Description: How will the melting of ice in Greenland affect our climate? In order to gain an idea how that process might look like, researchers have taken a look into the past. In the early Holocene period - approximately 11,700 to 8,000 years ago - a large ice sheet melted in North America. By analysing dripstones in caves (speleothems) and using computer simulations, an international research team reconstructed the consequences. [Source: Ruhr-Universität Bochum]
URL: http://aktuell.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/pm2016/pm00101.html.en
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Source: Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Publish Date: 6/19/2016
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