The Arctic hasn't been this warm for 3 million years – and that foreshadows big changes for the rest of the planet
Extreme shrinkage of summer sea ice is just the latest evidence of rapid Arctic warming – and what happens in the Arctic doesn't stay there.
Steve Petsch, Associate Professor of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst •
conversation
Sept. 30, 2020 • ~9 min
Sept. 30, 2020 • ~9 min
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Seabed fossils show the ocean is undergoing a change not seen for 10,000 years
Cold-water plankton is being replaced by warm-water species.
Peter T. Spooner, Teaching Fellow in Earth Sciences, UCL •
conversation
April 28, 2020 • ~6 min
April 28, 2020 • ~6 min
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Ancient records of Bering Strait flooding offer fresh insights
Tamara Pico, a postdoctoral fellow, is using records of flooding in the Bering Strait to make inferences about how the ice sheets that covered North America responded to the warming climate, and how their melting might have contributed to climate changes.
Peter Reuell
• harvard
Feb. 26, 2020 • ~6 min
Feb. 26, 2020 • ~6 min
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