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New Insight about the History of the Greenland Ice Sheet
http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-blogs/climatechange/new-insight-about-the-history/20228827Using a new technique that involves Arctic fossil records, scientists from the University of Buffalo have determined that over the last 10,000 ears, the Greenland Ice Sheet was actually at its smallest size between three and five thousand years ago.
The research team also found that on land the atmosphere was warmest between five and nine thousand years ago, which does not match up with the time when the ice sheet was at its smallest size.
However, over the past 10,000 years the oceans were also at their warmest state between three and five thousand years ago, which indicates that ice sheets might really respond to ocean temperatures.
The research team also found that on land the atmosphere was warmest between five and nine thousand years ago, which does not match up with the time when the ice sheet was at its smallest size.
However, over the past 10,000 years the oceans were also at their warmest state between three and five thousand years ago, which indicates that ice sheets might really respond to ocean temperatures.
Well, it's a good thing the world's oceans aren't absorbing record amounts of heat in recent years, right? Right? Anybody?
