It's Back to the Future — By About 300 Million Years!

authordefault
on

The emerging story of a global climate shift a third of a billion years ago seems to be a prequel to what climate scientists expect from the current trend in globalย warming.

Using the same sort of Global Circulation Models as those which predict climate change today, University of Michigan researcher Christopher Poulsen and his colleagues have reproduced what might have happened on the supercontinent Pangea in the late Paleozoic era, about 300 million years ago, when the polar iceย melted.

Related Posts

on

The broadcaster has been accused of becoming โ€œReform TVโ€.

The broadcaster has been accused of becoming โ€œReform TVโ€.
on

The New York Times has included dozens of ads pushing looser permitting rules on Americaโ€™s third-most popular podcast since September, analysis finds.

The New York Times has included dozens of ads pushing looser permitting rules on Americaโ€™s third-most popular podcast since September, analysis finds.
on

The stateโ€™s reforms aimed to fix well cleanup, but a DeSmog and Guardian investigation found it will take decades to clear the backlog.

The stateโ€™s reforms aimed to fix well cleanup, but a DeSmog and Guardian investigation found it will take decades to clear the backlog.
on

Welsh Reform labelled a โ€œretirement home for failed Conservativesโ€.

Welsh Reform labelled a โ€œretirement home for failed Conservativesโ€.