paleoclimatology

University of Innsbruck scientists discover climate change clues in pollen from hundreds of thousands of years ago

By Louise Kim and Jessica Savage   Medill Reports, Dec. 15, 2023     Gina Moseley scales mountains and explores remote lands all in the name of understanding how the climate has been changing across hundreds of thousands of years and how that impacts current accelerating change. “It’s really important to understand what the climate’s doing, what …

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“LAKE MAFIA” GETS TOUGH ON CLIMATE CHANGE

An alpine forest turns into a desert within a mere 16,000 years – the geologic equivalent of a blink of an eye. The transformation is just one climate mystery waiting to be solved.

Wondering what drives local rainfall? Curious about tipping points for the entire global weather system? To find answers, you’ll have to go through the “lake mafia,” a disparate collection of scientists who study closed lake basins.

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