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We pieced together the most precise records of major climate events from thousands of years ago. Here’s what we found
Between 115,000 and 11,700 years ago, the Earth would have been almost unrecognisable. Massive ice-sheets covered northern Europe and northern Asia, and about half of North America, and global sea-levels were as much as 130 meters lower than today. In this period, known as the “last glacial period”, the climate was much cooler and drier than today. It was punctuated by some of the largest and most rapid climate change events in Earth’s recent geological history.
The rapid climate changes of the last glacial period
By Ellen Corrick, Russell Drysdale and John Hellstrom Tuesday September 1, 2020 Disko Bay glacier during midnight sun season of polar summer. Ilulissat, Greenland. Adobe Abrupt changes in climate have occurred throughout Earth’s geological past. Some of the largest and most rapid changes occurred during the last glacial period, which extended from 115,000 to 11,700 years ago. At that time, the global climate was considerably cooler and drier than today.
Pieced together: The most precise records of major climate events from thousands of years ago
Stalagmites hold chemical signals that reveal what the climate above the cave was like thousands of years ago. Credit: Shutterstock Between 115,000 and 11,700 years ago, the Earth would have been almost unrecognizable. Massive ice-sheets covered northern Europe and northern Asia, and about half of North America, and global sea-levels were as much as 130 meters lower than today. In this period, known as the "last glacial period," the climate was much cooler and drier than today.
The rapid climate changes of the last glacial period
Abrupt changes in climate have occurred throughout Earth’s geological past. Some of the largest and most rapid changes occurred during the last glacial period, which extended from 115,000 to 11,700 years ago. At that time, the global climate was considerably cooler and drier than today. Expansive ice-sheets covered northern Eurasia, and about half of North America. Global sea-levels were around 130 metres lower than at present.
We pieced together the most precise records of major climate events from thousands of years ago. Here’s what we found
Between 115,000 and 11,700 years ago, the Earth would have been almost unrecognisable. Massive ice-sheets covered northern Europe and northern Asia, and about half of North America, and global sea-levels were as much as 130 meters lower than today. In this period, known as the “last glacial period”, the climate was much cooler and drier than today. It was punctuated by some of the largest and most rapid climate change events in Earth’s recent geological history.
Synchronous timing of abrupt climate changes during the last glacial period
Research Article View ORCID ProfileEllen C. Corrick1,2,*, View ORCID ProfileRussell N. Drysdale1,2, View ORCID ProfileJohn C. Hellstrom3, View ORCID ProfileEmilie Capron4,5, View ORCID ProfileSune Olander Rasmussen5, View ORCID ProfileXu Zhang6,7,8, View ORCID ProfileDominik Fleitmann9, View ORCID ProfileIsabelle Couchoud2,1, View ORCID ProfileEric Wolff10 1School of Geography, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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