Despite being one of the hottest things on the surface of the planet, volcanic eruptions actually helped to keep the oceans cool for 1,800-years before temperatures began to increase due to man-made global warming. Dr Vasile Ersek, from Northumbria University’s Department of Geography, was part of a 75-strong international team of researchers who found that …

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Ancient carbon stores from more than 50,000 years ago are being released into the atmosphere, which may fuel further global climate change. The new research finds that as Arctic regions warm, previously frozen ancient carbon, known as permafrost, is thawing and being released to inland streams and rivers. Once mobilised, aquatic microbes can efficiently ‘feed’ …

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